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Steve Ballmer's Gulfstream returns to Seattle amid LaMelo Ball trade news
If aboard, the timing would place the Clippers owner back at his home base the same day a blockbuster NBA trade reshapes the West.
By celebplanes · 1 min read · Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer
Steve Ballmer’s Gulfstream G650, tail N709DS, was tracked departing Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX) at 20:59 UTC on June 25 and landing at Boeing Field (KBFI) in Seattle two hours and thirteen minutes later. The aircraft, registered to CBAIR LLC and operated by the former Microsoft CEO, made the familiar 950-mile hop at 47,025 feet.
If Steve Ballmer were aboard, he would have returned to his Hunts Point home the same day the Charlotte Hornets agreed to trade LaMelo Ball to the Minnesota Timberwolves for Naz Reid and a haul of draft picks, as reported by the Associated Press. The deal, which also sends Josh Green to Minnesota, creates an NBA-record trade exception and immediately alters the balance of power in the Western Conference — a conference where Ballmer’s Los Angeles Clippers compete.
The flight repeats the most frequent route in Ballmer’s aircraft log: a 2026 pattern that shows regular shuttles between his Seattle residence and the Clippers’ home market. The timing, combined with the day’s seismic NBA news, suggests a trip that may have been less about routine and more about recalibrating for the season ahead.
Aboard the Gulfstream G650
The aircraft
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