Comments on: David Stern Doesn’t Suffer Babble or Blather, Palaver or Prattle http://hoopsaddict.com/2007/05/19/david-stern-doesnt-suffer-babble-or-blather-palaver-or-prattle/ Sat, 22 Nov 2008 03:35:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: FanProphet.com - Fantasy Sports » WHAT A JOKE http://hoopsaddict.com/2007/05/19/david-stern-doesnt-suffer-babble-or-blather-palaver-or-prattle/#comment-1193 FanProphet.com - Fantasy Sports » WHAT A JOKE Mon, 25 Jun 2007 03:59:14 +0000 http://hoopsaddict.com/2007/05/19/david-stern-doesnt-suffer-babble-or-blather-palaver-or-prattle/#comment-1193 [...] no-calls, and bring back the game we all grew to love in the late 80’s. So, for all you sports writers who want to justify, defend, and kiss Sterns ass through your convincing style of writing, there [...] [...] no-calls, and bring back the game we all grew to love in the late 80’s. So, for all you sports writers who want to justify, defend, and kiss Sterns ass through your convincing style of writing, there [...]

]]> By: WHAT A JOKE « FANTASYBOWL PRO http://hoopsaddict.com/2007/05/19/david-stern-doesnt-suffer-babble-or-blather-palaver-or-prattle/#comment-1194 WHAT A JOKE « FANTASYBOWL PRO Sun, 20 May 2007 05:13:35 +0000 http://hoopsaddict.com/2007/05/19/david-stern-doesnt-suffer-babble-or-blather-palaver-or-prattle/#comment-1194 [...] no-calls, and bring back the game we all grew to love in the late 80’s.  So, for all you sports writers who want to justify, defend, and kiss Sterns ass through your convincing style of writing, there [...] [...] no-calls, and bring back the game we all grew to love in the late 80’s.  So, for all you sports writers who want to justify, defend, and kiss Sterns ass through your convincing style of writing, there [...]

]]> By: Kinnon Yee http://hoopsaddict.com/2007/05/19/david-stern-doesnt-suffer-babble-or-blather-palaver-or-prattle/#comment-1195 Kinnon Yee Sat, 19 May 2007 15:34:48 +0000 http://hoopsaddict.com/2007/05/19/david-stern-doesnt-suffer-babble-or-blather-palaver-or-prattle/#comment-1195 Thirst is nothing, image is everything? :) You made quite a few great points about the situation. There's this problem when the NBA tries to create both a "great rivalry" between two teams, and then also tries to keep all their players in a "clean cut" mode. This kind of double-think is essential in this NBA. Players, especially from a lot of "old school" fans, should be tough, gritty and play hard, yet Stern is consistently trying to remove the "thug" and "urban" image from the NBA. It all kinda culminates in this incident, or series of incidents. On the one hand, the Spurs have been portrayed as these great, fundamental guys, who love the Suns (according to the ABC broadcasts anyways) and who are friendly and approachable. On the other hand, you've had a few incidents involving Bowen, Horry, Diaw, Stoudamire, Nash and Bell. It's pretty interesting, I think, that with San Antonio's 2nd-tier star players, they managed to draw out the Suns #1 star players. Nash said at the beginning of the series that he was concerned that his team wouldn't be disciplined enough to take on the Spurs. I guess in the end, his concerns were correct. Thirst is nothing, image is everything? :)
You made quite a few great points about the situation. There’s this problem when the NBA tries to create both a “great rivalry” between two teams, and then also tries to keep all their players in a “clean cut” mode. This kind of double-think is essential in this NBA. Players, especially from a lot of “old school” fans, should be tough, gritty and play hard, yet Stern is consistently trying to remove the “thug” and “urban” image from the NBA. It all kinda culminates in this incident, or series of incidents.

On the one hand, the Spurs have been portrayed as these great, fundamental guys, who love the Suns (according to the ABC broadcasts anyways) and who are friendly and approachable. On the other hand, you’ve had a few incidents involving Bowen, Horry, Diaw, Stoudamire, Nash and Bell. It’s pretty interesting, I think, that with San Antonio’s 2nd-tier star players, they managed to draw out the Suns #1 star players.

Nash said at the beginning of the series that he was concerned that his team wouldn’t be disciplined enough to take on the Spurs. I guess in the end, his concerns were correct.

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