Clippers owner Steve Ballmer pays players a visit before open practice

LOS ANGELES — Clippers owner Steve Ballmer was in the house to greet the 4,000-plus fans who RSVP’d for his team’s open practice Monday evening at the Galen Center on USC’s campus.
Before that, the former Microsoft CEO delivered a message espousing grit to the Clippers players, who host the Denver Nuggets in their fourth of five preseason games on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Staples Center.
“I tell him all the time it’s good for him to get around the guys,”