Sterling's lifetime ban leads to uncertain future

While Donald Sterling's lifetime ban from the Los Angeles Clippers was greeted with widespread acclaim on Tuesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver's decision raised a host of new questions for the owner's long-troubled franchise.

In the first few hours after Silver's landmark decision, nobody was certain whether Sterling's wife, Rochelle, would be eligible to take a leadership role with the team in Donald Sterling's absence. Donald Sterling wasn't a micromanaging owner, but the 80-year-old real-estate mogul still presided over a large, rotating collection of executives and coaches.

"There has been no decision about other members of his family," Silver said. "This ruling applies specifically to Donald Sterling and Donald Sterling only."