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The rapper tweeted to his 9.65 million followers:
I will always be a Knicks fan, but I am a business man. #DiddyBuyTheClippers #NameYourPrice
- Diddy (@iamdiddy) April 29, 2014
After the hashtage went viral, there were those who supported Diddy:
#DiddyBuyTheClippers sheesh these moguls are getting it!!! Power move in the making I'm sure
- CJ Washington (@CJ_Washington14) April 29, 2014
It wouldnt be a bad idea if Sean Combs/ Puff Daddy/ Puffy/ P.Diddy/@iamdiddy bought the @LAClippers. Just saying. Hehe. #DiddyBuyTheClippers
- Clayton De Souza (@cdesouza39) April 29, 2014
It's good to see we have positive brothers with money that's willing to step up and make a positive statement #DiddyBuyTheClippers
- Wydale Cuffie (@wydiggity) April 29, 2014
But many in the Twitterverse remain skeptical, especially after Diddy's $200 million offer for FuseTV was outbid this month by his ex-girlfriend Jennifer Lopez's $226 million winning bid.:
Diddy couldn't afford Fuse, how's he gonna afford the Clippers? #DiddyBuyTheClippers
- Mark Graham (@unclegrambo) April 29, 2014
#diddybuytheclippers he got enough bread to do it??
- LO™ (@lxlvmi) April 29, 2014
#DiddyBuyTheClippers @iamdiddy go home diddy, Ur drunk
- Izra (@IzraTix) April 29, 2014
I see that #DiddyBuyTheClippers is trending. If I was a Clipper, i'd rather play for Sterling. @iamdiddy would pay players 35k/yr #realtalk
- AARON SAUNDERS (@REAL_ASAUN) April 29, 2014
Of course, there were those who made jokes:
If #DiddyBuytheClippers the Notorious B.I.G hologram would perform every night's halftime show
- Kenny Richard (@Krichard413) April 29, 2014
#DiddyBuyTheClippers @iamdiddy then give them to me because you've missed all my past birthdays
- tadeo carrillo (@officialtadeo) April 29, 2014
Imagine if Puff bought the Clippers. Shiny suits for warmups, Ciroc to end each quarter & a Cassie show at halftime #DiddyBuyTheClippers
- Puff Sammy (@thelifeofsam) April 29, 2014
But the end of the day, Diddy knows that the issue is about more than the sport.
Seriously....I applaud Commissioner Silver and the @NBA for quick and decisive action. #BiggerThanBasketball
- Diddy (@iamdiddy) April 29, 2014
One person who may not be Team Diddy? Mark Cuban, one of the league's most progressive owners, who publicly stated his opposition to the league forcing a sale, warning it would set a dangerous precedent.