I hope he will do a better job with creating a more competitive league unlike Stern who tended to create dynasties. In the last 30 years only 8 teams won a championship, and as many as that had a chance to win it in the finals.
The current state of the league is like, each season you will have teams who compete to get to the playoffs, but know that they can't win it, a handful of teams that can win it and everybody else who are competing "who will first realize that they should bump the season and try their worst so that they could be one of the bottom four".
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The biggest challenge is ahead for new Commissioner Adam Silver..
In my personal opinion, in terms of basketball officiating, there will be a BIG reform and it will reflect to the perspective of international hoopsworld.. I don't know what is this??
Anyway, that is a gut feeling for me..
Good luck to Adam Silver..
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I still hold the Calimero "it's not fair" feeling a bit.Originally posted by CKR13 View PostAh yes. Back in those days, I was frustrated as hell.
One thing I would like to see from the new Commissioner is a franchise back in Seattle, and I wouldn't mind if they name it Seattle Supersonics.
Of course as a part of the league extension not as a relocated team.Leave a comment:
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Stern did a lot of good for the league I admit that. Sorry but I'm a little bit biased here as I will always remember him for being a Fakers lover and for that interesting referee decisions in the game 6 of 2002 playoff series between the Kings and the Fakers. Not a big fan.Originally posted by CKR13 View PostLeave a comment:
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February 1 will mark the end of David Stern's era of commissioner that spans three decades. He inherited the helm from Larry O'Brien where a meek but smug pornstached convo had been involved in four labors rows and two work stoppages. I will remember Stern for bringing the NBA into the digital age starting with the launch of NBA.com that has since expanded to various languages across the world. The NBA is also a pioneer when it comes to cross-channel marketing ranging from social media and paid media, but has since thrived with earned media.
Stern's era started at the height of the showtime Lakers that encompassed the supposed golden age of the NBA during the 90's where Michael Jordan and his Bulls reigned as a Dynasty. After Jordan's retirement, the explosion of international players rained down in the NBA and is still growing. I will be interested on how Adam Silver will set in motion what Stern left in the bag:
- Probability of dissolving divisions leading into a new playoff structure and potential expansion beyond the 30 current NBA team league.
- The next CBA
- Changing the NBA draft lottery into a progressive reel.
- NBA expansion teams into Europe, South America and Asia that Stern and his executive team had been studying and pursuing since the late 90's.Leave a comment:
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he did not lose it that was a "Loaded Question" reply from Stern-- read on lawyers and lawyers speak.Originally posted by sinobball View Post
Jim Rome got owned big timeLeave a comment:
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Over on ballineurope apparently.Stern loses it after Jim Rome asks a fairly harmless question. Where is FIBA Europe Basket aka Vasileios Spanoulis btw?Leave a comment:
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Stern loses it after Jim Rome asks a fairly harmless question. Where is FIBA Europe Basket aka Vasileios Spanoulis btw?Leave a comment:
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David Stern to step down as Commissioner
NBA Commissioner David Stern is said to be stepping down as commissioner after the 2013-2014 season.
-CBSSportsReport: David Stern done after two more seasons
David Stern has made it pretty clear that the end is near for him in the commissioner's seat. He stressed at All-Star Weekend that he would not be around for the next collective bargaining agreement, whether that comes in 10 years, or six.
But as for how soon? Maybe just two seasons from now, reports the New York Daily News:
Insiders say that David Stern is planning to tell NBA owners at their April Board of Governors meeting that he’s good for two more seasons, and that he’ll step down as commissioner then. “At one point, he had talked about doing it for one more season, but it looks now like two more,” said a league source. League suits say there probably won’t even be a search conducted to find a successor and that deputy commissioner Adam Silver is a lock to succeed Stern, with one source saying Stern’s lieutenant has the backing of almost 90% of the owners. All he needs is a simple majority.
Stern has almost been as much a constant in the NBA as the basketball itself. He's been around for 27 years since taking over for Larry O'Brien in 1984. To think of the league without him is, well, strange.
He's likely ready to go. He at least sort of seems prepared for it. He emphatically endorsed deputy commissioner Adam Silver in Orlando and really appeared completely at ease with passing the torch.
But it's the sort of thing where you believe it when you see it. Stern's been at this a long time and has probably been planning his exit route for a while. He wants to make sure the game is as healthy as it can possibly be when he hands the keys to the big car to Silver. With a new CBA in place, Stern is going to be sure that the game is in a great place.
Whenever it happens, he's going to leave behind quite a legacy. Which he should over 27 years. He's always been considered one of, if not the best commissioner in sports history, and once he finally leaves his post, we'll all spend plenty of time evaluating that I'm sure. As for Stern, he put it simply this year in Oklahoma City how he wanted to be remember: "Both teams played hard," he said.
What I like about Stern's accomplishment is that he lead the NBA marketing into the digital age. Starting with the 90's retro NBA.com to the present day NBA.com. All accomplished with the establishment of an independent marketing arm.
In other news, Stern said that deputy Adam Silver is said to be the next NBA Commissioner.
David Stern says Adam Silver is ready
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