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What was Steve Ballmer's role in sports?
Steve Ballmer was a key investor in several NBA teams.
Did Steve Ballmer purchase a team as well?
Steve Ballmer made a game-changing commitment to invest $150 million in cash toward a proposed $300 million renovation of KeyArena and were ready to purchase the Seattle SuperSonics.
What year did Steve Ballmer make a game-changing commitment to invest $150 million in cash toward a proposed $300 million renovation of KeyArena and were ready to purchase the Seattle SuperSonics?
Steve Ballmer made a game-changing commitment to invest $150 million in cash toward a proposed $300 million renovation of KeyArena and purchase the Seattle SuperSonics in 2008.
Did Steve Ballmer do anything else in Seattle besides try to purchase the SuperSonics?
In June 2012, Ballmer was an investor in Chris R. Hansen's proposal to build a new arena in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle and bring the SuperSonics back to Seattle.
Did Steve Ballmer try to invest in other teams?
Ballmer and Hansen led a group of investors in an attempt to purchase the Sacramento Kings from the Maloof family and relocate them to Seattle for an estimated $650 million.
Did Steve Ballmer actually manage to purchase the Sacramento Kings?
Steve Ballmer's attempt t purchase the Sacramento Kings fell through.

Question: Who did he buy it from?
Self-contained rewrite: Who did Steve Ballmer buy the LA Clippers from?