Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer served up a record setting (and seemingly winning) bid for the LA Clippers. In summation: Donald Sterling bought the Clippers for $12.5 million and just sold the Clippers for $2 billion.That’ll teach him.

+ Two billion is about how much Steve Ballmer has made on his stock since retiring last August.

+ As a kid, Ballmer wanted to be on the basketball team, but ended up as the manager instead. He also regularly escaped “from the Microsoft campus on time to play basketball with his sons.”