>I worked for Turner Sports, which operated NBA TV & NBA.com in partnership w/the league, for 14 years. You know what David Stern did when I wrote or said something he didn’t like? He called me up and cussed me out. But he didn’t go to my bosses & try to fire me.
This is in response to Ken Rosenthal being let go from the MLB Network because he was critical of MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jky6-yNb-as (RollingStone Interview)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLbu9iywG24 (Kimmel Interview)
I'm not saying he's a bad guy, but oof madone, he looks like he just doesn't want to be in the room sometimes.
You thought you put the Bucks in their place in 2001. You rigged the 2001 Eastern Conference Finals against the Bucks just because you wanted the slightly extra ratings from a Lakers-76ers Finals. You gave Scott Williams an undeserved suspension for Game 7. You fined Ray Allen for calling you out for your BS.
Now they’re in the Finals, and facing a middle-market team in the Suns.
David Stern is seething in hell right now. This is a Finals appearance he wouldn’t have allowed when he was commissioner. Just ask Sacramento.
Hopefully the un-fucking of the league can continue so we see more parity in the league.
Right now I can imagine the NBA’s former commissioner is seething in hell right as we speak.
The Bucks were a team that suffered under his tyranny in 2001, when shady officiating among other things handed the series to the 76ers, as he wanted to see Lakers-76ers instead of Lakers-Bucks.
But on the 20-year anniversary of that screwjob, the Bucks got redemption and won their first title in half a century.
Karma’s
A.
Bitch.
No more are they shackled under his chains. They are on top of the basketball world and there’s nothing he can do about it.
All he can do is seethe in hell for all the suffering he caused for so many small market teams.
And I love it.
Fuck him.
Rick Welts will be the Warriors lottery rep next week in what most likely will be his final front-facing appearance for the organization before retirement https://twitter.com/anthonyvslater/status/1405296298828255237?s=21 He was responsible for devising the NBA’s first lottery system under David Stern.
In a little more than 5 months, Adam Silver has already had to deal with:
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The China/Hong Kong controversy and a subsequent loss of $200m in BRI
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The death of David Stern
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The restructuring of the All-Star game
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The death of Kobe Bryant
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The coronavirus
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Indefinite suspension of all league activities
He's still facing the repercussions of the quarantine, the loss of revenue coming from this lock out, the impact to the salary cap, the scheduling of make-up games (if any), and a strong likelihood for a restructured playoff format.
Has any other sports commissioner faced anywhere near as tough of a year in modern times?
> "There was a trade that [New Orleans general manager] Dell Demps wanted us to approve, and I said heck no," Stern said, "but he had told [Rockets GM] Daryl Morey and [then Lakers GM] Mitch Kupchak he had authority to do it, and he didn't. I said no. We just settled a lockout, and you want me to approve a basketball trade?"
> Stern explained he felt the return package—Lamar Odom, Kevin Martin, Luis Scola, Goran Dragic and a 2012 first-rounder—wasn't enough for a player of Paul's caliber.
> "I did it because I was protecting the then-Hornets," Stern said. "... To this day everyone always asks me, 'Well why did you keep Chris Paul from going to the Lakers?' I didn't keep him. I didn't approve the trade. No team sells or trades a future Hall of Famer without the owner signing off, and I was the owner's rep."
I know he was on in 2005 when he announced his show, but wondering if he's been on since, and how many other times he was on before. I know he was once with Sammy Hagar. Any info would be helpful, thanks!
There's been a referee that went to jail for Cheating in the NBA it's been proven that there was cheating and I'm not sure if it was a fair question or not. I don't know the validity of David Stearns accusations as far as Jim Rome "beating his wife". What side do you fall on clones?
https://twitter.com/MikeLsports/status/434513745398607872
>NBA league revenue in 1984, the year before David Stern became commissioner, was $165 million. 2013 league revenue was $5.5 billion. Wow.
2013 was the final year of Stern's tenure in the NBA as he retired in January 2014.
>February 1, 1984 – January 31, 2014
