--- description: Let's say you own a basketball team and your ex-girlfriend caught you talking like an irrepressible racist. How much would you owe the NBA? Use our calculator to find out title: Donald Sterling Fine Calculator: Find How Much You'd Owe the NBA image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Donald Sterling Fine Calculator  by [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2014 7:49 PM CUT  by [Chris Wilson](/author/chris-wilson/)  ## Chris Wilson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 29, 2014 7:49 PM CUT On Tuesday afternoon, embattled Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling was banned from the NBA and fined $2.5 million. That’s 0.001 percent of his [reported $1.9 billion net worth](http://www.forbes.com/profile/donald-sterling/ "undefined"). Ask and you shall receive, Nieman Lab’s Joshua Benton. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/81522/donald-sterling-nba-fine-calculator/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/81522/donald-sterling-nba-fine-calculator/"},"headline":"The Donald Sterling Fine Calculator","datePublished":"2014-04-29T19:49:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:33:55.070Z","description":"Let's say you own a basketball team and your ex-girlfriend caught you talking like an irrepressible racist. How much would you owe the NBA? Use our calculator to find out","url":"https://time.com/81522/donald-sterling-nba-fine-calculator/","keywords":[],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Chris Wilson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/chris-wilson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/81522/donald-sterling-nba-fine-calculator/","name":"The Donald Sterling Fine Calculator"}}]}] ```