Enchantment Johnson "supplicates" for LA Clippers' Donald Sterling

Earvin Magic Johnson showed up in Los Angeles, California, on 21 February 2013 Johnson was captured with a female partner of Donald Sterling

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B-ball legend Earvin "Enchantment" Johnson has said he will petition God for LA Clippers manager Donald Sterling, who is involved in a progressing race column.

He dismisses Mr Sterling's comments a day prior that the HIV-positive ex-player had done nothing to help others.

"My entire life is committed to urban America," Mr Johnson, 54, told CNN.

In April Mr Sterling, 81, was banned from the National Basketball Association in the wake of making bigot comments in reference to a photograph of Mr Johnson.

Mr Johnson's comments on CNN on Tuesday night came in light of a second adjust of remarks that Mr Sterling made the past day.

"What sort of a fellow goes to each city, has intercourse with each young lady, then he finds HIV?" Mr Sterling told CNN's Anderson Cooper on Monday. "Is that somebody we need to admiration and educate our children concerning? I think he ought to be embarrassed of himself. I think he ought to go out of spotlight. Be that as it may what does he accomplish for the dark individuals? He doesn't do anything."

On Tuesday, in his own particular meeting with Mr Cooper, Mr Johnson reacted, "I'm a God-dreading man and I'm going to petition God for him and trust things work out for him.

"However he's a man who's disturbed and he's arriving at. He's arriving at. He's attempting to discover something that he can get on to help him spare his group. What's more its not going to happen."

'Appalling mix-up'

The line started a month ago after a recording surfaced in which Mr Sterling was heard asking a lady - later recognized as his mate - not to cohort in broad daylight with dark individuals, nor to bring them to amusements.

Those remarks were allegedly provoked to some extent by a photograph that circled on social networking in which Mr Johnson postured with the lady.

Thusly, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver banned Mr Sterling from the game and fined him $2.5 million (£1.5m). The NBA has additionally launched processes to constrain him to offer his possession stake in the LA group.

In his meeting with Mr Cooper that disclosed on Monday, Mr Sterling apologized for the comments in the recording, saying he was "sincerely troubled" over the remarks and that they were a "horrible misstep".

In any case he additionally said he was "teased" into making the comments, and said he had postponed in apologizing in light of the fact that Mr Johnson had let him know to stay calm.

"Hold up, be patient, I'll help you, we'll work it out," Mr Sterling said Mr Johnson let him know.

Mr Sterling likewise intimated that Mr Johnson let him know to postpone apologizing so he could purchase the LA Clippers group.

Mr Johnson, one of the best ball players in NBA history, was diagnosed with HIV in 1991, left the game for four years, then returned for the 1995-96 season before resigning as a player.

He has yet to remark publically on whether he plans to seek after a possession position.

Then, the Clippers are contending in the NBA's Western Conference semi-last playoffs. On Tuesday evening the arrangement against the Oklahoma City Thunder was tied 2-2.

LA Clippers manager Donald Sterling watches his joint effort in Los Angeles - 17 October 2010 Donald Sterling was shot out from the National Basketball Association for life