Steve Ballmer is taking the NBA’s punishment after all.

The Los Angeles Clippers owner, after vowing to fight back after the league handed down a massive punishment earlier this month for cap circumvention related to Kawhi Leonard, has now reversed course and will accept the sanctions placed against him.

“This has been a very difficult time for everybody associated with the Clippers, and for that, I have sincere regrets,” Ballmer said in a statement, via ESPN’s Shams Charania. “I want to apologize to our fans, employees, and my fellow NBA team owners for the distraction and distress this matter has caused, for which I accept responsibility as…

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