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Magic Johnson has some advice for Los Angeles Clippers operator Donald Sterling: Market the staff, consider the income and get pleasure from the rest of your daily life. A working day after Sterling appeared on slamming the NBA legend's character, his battle with HIV and his local community outreach initiatives, Johnson stated Tuesday that he feels sorry for the 80-yr-outdated billionaire. "It really is unfortunate. It actually is. I am likely to pray for this ... guy," Johnson instructed Anderson Cooper in an unique interview. Sterling's explosive interview that aired Monday night time was the 1st time he experienced spoken publicly since audio recordings surfaced last month of him making racist remarks. Response to the taped remarks arrived quickly and furious, and the NBA responded with a life span ban for Sterling. Magic: Sterling did not apologize at all Magic: Sterling is upset and reaching Donald Sterling on race, Magic & the NBA Johnson became an involuntary determine in the controversy soon after Sterling named him in the leaked recording. "Admire him, carry him listed here, feed him, f**k him, but don't set (Magic) on an Instagram for the planet to have to see so they have to call me," Sterling is read telling pal V. Stiviano. Johnson informed Cooper he is still waiting around for an apology from Sterling for getting roped into Sterling's combat with Stiviano, and Johnson known as the Monday interview -- in which Sterling directed yet another tirade at the NBA legend -- "disturbing." "What is really sad is, it really is not about me," Johnson said. "This is about the female you enjoy outing you and taping you and putting your dialogue out listed here for every person to know. ... This is among you two, but then he would like to consist of me." Johnson stated he experienced only satisfied with Sterling three or four times, and most of people discussions had centered on basketball. Johnson could not say if the Clippers owner has slipped mentally. Sterling "would seem like he's all there," Johnson said. "But the difficulty is, he's dwelling in the stone ages." Johnson: Sterling known as me Sterling went on the offensive in his interview with Cooper when Johnson's name arrived up, blaming the basketball Hall of Famer for Sterling's hold off in apologizing for the racist remarks that have him now preventing to preserve his crew. "Wait, be individual, I'll support you, we'll function it out," Sterling explained the NBA legend advised him. Not so, Johnson said Tuesday. In truth, Johnson informed , Sterling named him recently and asked him to show up alongside him in an interview with ABC's Barbara Walters. "I said the variety one particular thing you want to do which you have not done is apologize to everybody, and myself," Johnson mentioned. "(Sterling replied) 'I'll get to that. I'll get to that.'" The previous NBA star informed Sterling that the billionaire businessman required to seek advice from with attorneys, stressing that the controversy was larger than Sterling understood. Johnson mentioned Sterling was adamant about Johnson performing the interview, even achieving out a next time. Johnson mentioned his lawyers recommended him not to have any additional conversations with the embattled operator. Sterling never did the job interview with Walters. "I am actually disturbed by the reality that when he known as me he ought to have said, 'Magic, I'm sorry,'" Johnson stated. Sterling: 'I thought she cared for me' Mrs. Sterling: I signed divorce papers 'I don't know that younger lady' Johnson and the female at the centre of the scandal -- Stiviano -- have met briefly only as soon as, the NBA legend mentioned, taking a photo at a Los Angeles Dodgers recreation. Johnson is a portion-operator of the baseball group. "I do not know the youthful lady. I barely know Donald, so now I am caught in the center of this really like affair or what ever they experienced," Johnson explained. Stiviano has denied currently being intimate with Sterling, who when questioned about the mother nature of their romantic relationship declined to response. Johnson mentioned he doesn't believe Sterling understands what a massive blunder the Clippers owner's racist responses were or the number of folks who have been offended by the remarks -- and by Sterling's statements to Cooper that aired Monday night time, slamming Johnson yet again. "What type of a dude goes to every single town, has intercourse with every single girl, then he catches HIV? Is that somebody we want to regard and explain to our youngsters about?" Sterling requested Cooper in Monday's job interview. "I consider he should be ashamed of himself. I feel he need to go into the qualifications. But what does he do for the black people? He doesn't do something." In response, Johnson defended his charitable perform and business investments, stating Sterling ought to have accomplished his homework just before generating the comments. "My total lifestyle is devoted to urban The usa. So, you know I just would like he realized the specifics when he is talking," Johnson informed Cooper. "But he is a guy who's upset and he's reaching. He's reaching. He's striving to uncover anything that he can get on to aid him help save his group. And it's not likely to occur." Johnson states Sterling disrespected the operate he is done, like aiding espresso stores, gyms and theaters open in city locations. "That actually can make me upset. And then my competitive spirit will come out, simply because I have accomplished all this excellent work. All the little ones we have despatched to university, and I've got one hundred fifty kids on scholarship proper now." He also responded to Sterling's HIV remarks, stating he in no way hid from the diagnosis when he retired from the NBA in 1991. "I arrived out like a gentleman, you know, I told the globe. I failed to blame no one else. I recognized that what I did was incorrect," Johnson explained. "Ok, so I introduced that to the world, and I hoped that I was in a position to aid individuals in performing that, and I believe I did." Johnson says Sterling's remarks about HIV display you will find still a stigma that requirements to be fought. "I hope this will not established us back," Johnson explained. "The stigma is nonetheless there. We know that. We have been fighting it for many years, and what we want to continue to do is just educate the planet that it's Okay, that you can high-5 a person who has HIV. It is Alright. ... It is a disgrace that Donald utilized this system with you, rather of utilizing this platform to occur out and apologize to the world, which would have been great." Magic's fascination in a basketball team Johnson, whose possession passions also incorporate the WNBA's Sparks in Los Angeles, denied Sterling's assertion that the previous Los Angeles Laker was striving to deceive his way into purchasing the Clippers. The accusation created Johnson chortle. "If I was heading to trick any person, deceive any individual, be dishonest to any person, steal somebody's franchise, it truly is going to be the Los Angeles Lakers," said the gentleman who gained 5 league titles although with the staff, one of the NBA's marquee franchises. Johnson once owned a minority stake in the Lakers, which have been owned by the Buss family members since 1979. But Johnson mentioned he would entertain the thought of acquiring the Clippers with his 5 associates who expended much more than $two billion on the Dodgers. He thinks a sale forced by a vote of the NBA Board of Governors would take at least eight months to comprehensive and would be a $one billion transaction. "If it arrives out and it truly is for sale, and my Guggenheim (Baseball Management) partners and I say, 'OK, we want to just take a search at it, we want to buy it,' of training course, we'll make a operate for it," he explained, adding that he has had delivers from other NBA teams to grow to be a element proprietor. Time for modify? Sterling, the longest tenured operator in the NBA, bought the crew in 1981 when it was in San Diego and moved into Los Angeles. But following his recorded racist remarks ended up uncovered, the NBA began the approach of forcing him to market the franchise, which some experts have valued among $575 million and $one billion. It will take a 75% vote of the league's house owners to terminate Sterling's franchise rights. The scenario is with the NBA's finance and advisory committee of 10 proprietors, which talked by conference phone on Tuesday, but didn't suggest sending the matter to the board. Sterling hasn't definitively stated if he will sue to keep the group -- which is in fact owned by a loved ones believe in that includes his spouse, Shelly, as a co-executor -- but a lot of analysts expect him to do so. Johnson noted Sterling's past legal problems with his genuine estate organization exactly where he settled lawsuits introduced from him and his spouse with out-of-courtroom payments. Sterling "can't purchase his way out of this one. He has acquired his way out of all the other conditions. Cannot do it this time," Johnson mentioned. Johnson said Sterling must go into retirement. "You're eighty many years outdated. You've experienced a tremendous existence. And you might be likely to gain, whatsoever the price tag is, from this team promoting. Just go in advance and enjoy the relaxation of your daily life," Johnson explained. "You're fighting a fight that you cannot get." Watch Anderson Cooper 360∼ weeknights 8pm ET.