Sterling: Blacks Don't Help Anybody

Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has turned his sights on President Obama, accusing the president of making "flippant" and ill-informed comments about the controversy that led to his lifetime ban from the NBA.

In a new recording obtained by the Daily Mail, Sterling expresses anger at the president for criticizing him without first seeking his side of the story.

"I’m a lawyer. If you or anyone calls me to ask me an opinion I say let me review the papers — you know — I wanna check. I don’t give comments unless I do," Sterling tells his friend, hip-hop artist Maserati.

"Why would he [Obama] make a comment without talking either to Magic [Johnson] or somebody here? Or review the papers. I think that was such bad judgment on his part to make a flippant comment from Malaysia. Wasn’t that? How does he know what the facts are?"

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In interview with Anderson Cooper on CNN Wednesday night, embattled L.A. Clippers owner Donald Sterling announced that he and his wife, Shelly, are divorcing. “The poor girl. I don’t know how she can live and deal with this,” he said. “Thank God she has wonderful attorneys—wonderful—and they will protect her.” Sterling also said that if he is forced to give up his shares in the team, Shelly should be allowed to keep hers. “I mean, she didn’t do anything. I brought this all on her,” he explained. The couple have been married for more than 50 years. Sterling also continued to defend himself in the interview, declaring, “What am I, a Frankenstein? What am I, some kind of an ogre? I’m a good person. I’m a warm person. I say hello to everybody who comes to the team.”