David Stern

[Eja117]

Could you guys share with me all your David Stern conspiracy theories, please.

I did some research and this is what I found

He inadvertently started a war for blood diamonds.

He created the Great Recession.

Hid evidence from Roswell NM

He convinced Celts ownership to hire Pitino

He knows who shot JFK

Killed the electric car

He knows what happened to Bison Dele

He extincted the Heath Hen

He's personally blocking the facebook dislike button

He told Gaddafi  "No no no. The all love you. Don't resign, This is just a fad".

Invented tele marketing

Invented the BCS

Invented the metric system

Holds 99% of the wealth

Finds ways to choose the worst refs possible

Introduced John Lennon to Yoko Ono

On a trip to China said "I don't care about human rights. Yao is gonna make my league money"

Told Hitler the Maginot Line was no big deal

Keeps a closet light on at all times

Gave Tim Tebow a hitch in his delivery

Took candy from a baby once

Created New Coke

Pepper sprayed peaceful protesters once

Gave steroids to MLB

Killed Indian motorcycles

Got Charlie Sheen drinking again

Trolls on a Celtics blog under the name "eja117"

[bfrombleacher]

David Stern is a totally great guy and he did not hack this message.

[Chris]

1. When I see things like the letters written by Dan Gilbert, or Sterling just being the terrible person he is, I am glad this league does have a strong leader like Stern.  If they had someone any less strong, then the owners would be running the show even more than they are now, and that is a scary proposition, given how much they refuse to work together.  

2. I feel pretty confident that if Stern (or someone similar) was not the commissioner, the lockout would still be going on, because the owners would still be going at each other, and unwilling to compromise because of it.

2. Stern has done an incredible job of deflecting blame from the owners, who are the ones really responsible for most of this stuff.  While Stern has enough pull with them to keep them mostly in check, they are still the ones pulling the strings.  If it weren't for the owners trying to assert their authority, Stern would never have stepped in on the Lakers deal, and of course, the owners were the ones who kept the lockout going as long as it did, not Stern.  But Stern has done a tremendous job of absorbing the blame, in order to protect those who pay his salary.

Now, Stern is by no means a great guy.  He is a hard-headed egomaniac.  But he also is not what is wrong with this league IMO.  There are deep-seeded problems in the system that goes over Stern's head, and I can't imagine many commissioners could do a whole lot better.

[Eja117]

Don't get attached to that Clippers pick this year. It's top 10 protected I think. I'm pretty sure the Clippers will "win" the lottery this year and end up with the #2 pick or so

[Chris]

Don't get attached to that Clippers pick this year. It's top 10 protected I think. I'm pretty sure the Clippers will "win" the lottery this year and end up with the #2 pick or so

And the Knicks will get the #1 pick?