Arbitrator awards Mike Dunleavy $13 million from the Clippers

HMMMHMM · Jun 11, 2011

An arbitrator on Friday awarded a little more than $13 million to former Clippers' general manager and coach Mike Dunleavy, who the team stopped paying when he was fired as general manager in March of last year.

The ruling was issued about 14 months after Dunleavy filed for binding arbitration.

The amount was for everything Dunleavy was owed under his contract, including past compensation with interest and future accelerated compensation, according to people familiar with the ruling but not authorized to talk about it publicly. The opinion also factored in deferred compensation from Dunleavy's tenure with the Clippers.

"We do not agree with the arbitrator's decision," said Clippers general counsel Robert H. Platt, a partner at Manatt, Phelps & Phillips. "We intend to review the decision carefully and explore the team's various options."

Dunleavy's attorney, Miles Clements, declined to discuss specifics of the decision but said, "It's a good day."

Dunleavy was not available for comment.

He had been owed $6.75 million on the contract, consisting of $1.35 million for the remainder of the 2009-10 season and $5.4 million for the season just completed. The bulk of the remaining money owed consists of deferred compensation.

His case was heard in April before Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services in Santa Monica. Additional briefs were filed by both sides in May.

Clippers owner Donald T. Sterling has experienced mixed results in litigation this year. He won in March when former team executive Elgin Baylor's wrongful-termination lawsuit against the Clippers was rejected by a Los Angeles jury.

This isn't the first time Sterling has quit paying a former Clippers coach. He even sued Bill Fitch — later settling the suit after a long legal process — asserting that Fitch hadn't been trying to get another job.

That sort of claim was never raised in the Dunleavy case.
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http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-clippers-dunleavy-20110611,0,6022485.story

Does this make it less likely for the Clippers to match an offer sheet for DeAndre Jordan?

Here's hoping ...

BleedRocketsRed · Jun 11, 2011

LOL anytime Sterling is forced to fork over cash, I smile inside.

MONON · Jun 11, 2011

HMMMHMM said: ↑

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-clippers-dunleavy-20110611,0,6022485.story

Does this make it less likely for the Clippers to match an offer sheet for DeAndre Jordan?

Here's hoping ...
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Oh, they'll match it. The question is "will they honor it completely?" Since he's a player, they probably will; but it's not etched in stone.

Raven · Jun 11, 2011

HMMMHMM said: ↑

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-clippers-dunleavy-20110611,0,6022485.story

Does this make it less likely for the Clippers to match an offer sheet for DeAndre Jordan?

Here's hoping ...
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I think so, yeah.

heypartner · Jun 11, 2011

that's Role Player money. who cares.

Rocket River · Jun 11, 2011

BleedRocketsRed said: ↑

LOL anytime Sterling is forced to fork over cash, I smile inside.
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"anytime Sterling is forced to fork over cash, An Angel gets their wings." - in my Jimmy Stewart voice

Rocket River

clos4life · Jun 11, 2011

I wish Sterling lost more of these cases, the guy is absolute scum.

DaDakota · Jun 11, 2011

If Stern really cared about the NBA he would force that guy to sell his team.

DD

Chris Jent MVP · Jun 12, 2011

DaDakota said: ↑

If Stern really cared about the NBA he would force that guy to sell his team.

DD
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he should just hijack the team like mlb did with the dodgers.

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