"Forced" sale, "provided that a suitable arrangement can be made to satisfy all parties involved," according to SI.
Sale isn't forced, Sterling has agreed to sell if the price and terms are right and he has his wife negotiating the deal.
Disgraced Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling has agreed to allow his wife, Shelly,
to negotiate a forced sale of the team, sources with knowledge of the situation told ESPN.
Shelly Sterling and her lawyers have been negotiating with the NBA since her husband was banned for life by commissioner Adam Silver on April 29. While the league has yet to formally accept this arrangement, sources said if she is willing to sell the team in its entirety, this could bring a startlingly quick end to what appeared to be a protracted legal battle.
that's all i'm quoting. none of it has even been approved by the NBA so we're all jumping the gun.
even this quote below is from your own source SI
Disgraced Clippers owner Donald Sterling has reportedly agreed to allow his wife, Shelly,
to negotiate a forced sale of the team, according to TMZ and ESPN.com.
Sterling, 80, has owned the Clippers for 33 years, making him the NBA’s longest-tenured owner. On Monday the league filed an official termination charge against Sterling, setting in motion an official vote amongst the league’s owners. That no longer seems to be necessary as
Sterling has reportedly accepted the basis of his ousting from the league, provided that a suitable arrangement can be made to satisfy all parties involved.
The biggest remaining question on the matter concerns Shelly Sterling, who previously had pledged to fight to keep her stake in the team. Based on both the language of the NBA’s memo and the consensus in reporting on the subject, we can conclude that the NBA will not likely sign off on any arrangement that allows Shelly Sterling to remain an owner. That she has been empowered by Sterling to carry out the negotiation of the sale of the team is thus an especially pertinent development in the execution of a potential deal.