is leaving the NBA champion Golden State Warriors to join forces with the Clippers, and the natural question is why.
He provided an answer in an interview Thursday morning: the people.
The allure of working with Clippers owners Steve Ballmer and Dennis Wong, as well as coach Doc Rivers, is what pulled West back to Los Angeles.
Ballmer and Wong, friends since their college days at Harvard, were instrumental in pulling off the coup to get West.
Wong, who owns a small percentage of the Clippers, played a pivotal role.