Los Angeles Clippers owner Steve Ballmer gestures during an interview with Reuters in Culver City, Los Angeles, California September 24, 2014. After Steve Ballmer plunked down $2 billion for the NBA's Clippers, fans might expect the former Microsoft chief executive to be hitting the reset button on a team that has been through a nasty public fight over racism. Don't bet on it. That experience, Ballmer knows, makes his team unique, and it will be part of the story he tells to earn one thing that was not guaranteed by the record price tag: a fan base that will sustain the team for years to come. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS HEADSHOT SPORT BASKETBALL)