Based on the hit ESPN 30 for 30 podcast 'The Sterling Affairs,' this limited series depicts the collision between a dysfunctional basketball organization, an even less functional marriage, and the precipitating tape's impact on an ensemble of characters striving to win against the backdrop of the most cursed team in the league.
In 2013, famed coach Doc Rivers arrives in LA, intent on utilizing a promising roster of big personalities to to win the Clippers franchise's first championship.
The team's owner, Donald Sterling, is a well-known problem: he's cheap, erratic, and a bully. Minimizing Sterling's influence to win a title becomes a personal quest for Doc. Meanwhile, a courtside power struggle escalates between Sterling's ambitious personal assistant V. Stiviano and his wife and business partner of 60 years, Shelly.
V. and the Sterlings discover who really has the power in the Internet age, leaving Rivers and his players wondering if the expulsion of one bad apple brings about the transformative change the media wants to celebrate.