"I think he was going to sign with Minnesota, I literally talk JJ out of it, 'Come play with me. Come play with the Clippers with Chris Paul and DJ and Blake [Griffin], you'd be a great fit.'… The free agent signing is done, JJ agrees, I jump on a plane, I fly back to Orlando, and I get a call from Andy Roeser, and he says, 'the deal's off.' I say, 'what do you mean the deal's off?'
"'Donald doesn't like white players.'"
"I said, 'excuse me?' 'Donald Sterling said no.' I said, 'well, we've already agreed.' I'm in the garage at the Orlando Airport, Ernie, I get a call from Coach K, who is upset because of JJ I get a call from JJ's agent, I think it was Arn Tellem [Ed. note: It was] who screaming at me.
"So I call Donald Sterling, and I think this was three weeks to a month into the job, I'm not sure but right in that area, me and Donald are having a 'conversation.' It made [a screaming, cussing argument with Doc's then coach Pat Riley years before] look meek. So, by the very end of the conversation, I quit. I said, "Well, I quit' [Immitating a screaming Sterling] 'You're not gonna quit.' 'I quit.' 'You're not gonna quit.'…