What was wrong with the Sterling?

What should the Clippers players do if the Sterling family keeps the Clippers?

• The Clippers players were reportedly going to refuse to play until Sterling was suspended and then make plans to sue their way off the team in the offseason, claiming a hostile work environment. How should they react if his family is able to retain the team? http://espn.go.com/los-angeles/nba/story/_/id/10903441/doc-rivers-says-not-all-board-shelly-sterling-owns-los-angeles-clippers Shelly Sterling's attorney, Pierce O'Donnell, said Thursday that his  client intended to fight to retain her ownership stake in the Clippers.  She has been a co-owner and alternate governor of the franchise, which  is owned by a family trust, since 1981. "Despite all of the furor during the past week, Mrs. Sterling still  has property rights," O'Donnell said. "She has worked tirelessly over  the years to build up a franchise that was once a cellar dweller into a  sports powerhouse. She has the same right as anyone else in America to  enjoy and control the fruits of those labors, and that includes deciding  whether to keep or sell her 50 percent interest in the team." O'Donnell stressed that Shelly Sterling "abhors" her estranged  husband's views on race, and has supported the NBA's decision to ban him  for life. He also noted that the allegations against Shelly Sterling,  who was named as a defendant in previous housing discrimination lawsuits  against her husband's companies, came from testimony in cases that were  settled -- which is not an admission of guilt. "They may share the same last name," O'Donnell said. "But they don't share the same values on race."

• Answer:

  I've heard a suggestion over some interview or broadcast or something like allowing the option for all the players of the Los Angeles Clippers be viable for free agency this offseason, which is unprecedented but reasonable. This gives them an excellent opportunity to choose for themselves, no matter how difficult.