{"id":21788,"date":"2011-12-26T23:05:19","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T23:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/12\/stern-hears-boos-in-dallas\/"},"modified":"2011-12-26T23:05:19","modified_gmt":"2011-12-26T23:05:19","slug":"stern-hears-boos-in-dallas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/12\/26\/stern-hears-boos-in-dallas\/","title":{"rendered":"Stern hears boos in Dallas"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tNBA Commissioner David Stern opened his lockout-delayed season by hearing boos from Mavericks fans.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStern was in Dallas for the NBA finals rematch between the Mavericks and Heat, and he was on the court for the start of the Mavs\u2019 banner-raising ceremony honouring their first championship. The jeers came as soon as he started speaking, but he quickly turned them into cheers by offering his congratulations to team owner Mark Cuban.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tCuban\u2019s often contentious relationship with Stern could\u2019ve been as much of a reason for the boos as the lockout, which pushed the opener from November 1 to Christmas and cut the season by 16 games.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\n\t\u00a0Cuban and Miami\u2019s Micky Arison were among five owners who voted against the labour deal. Stern said \u201cit doesn\u2019t send any signal whatsoever\u201d that the two owners in the most recent finals were against the agreement.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStern said Arison only objected to the revenue sharing. He also pointed out that Cuban was part of the labour relations committee and the planning committee.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c(Cuban) might not have been enamoured with the final outcome because it takes away the advantage that overspending can give you,\u201d Stern said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStern also said he could have done a better job of explaining his reasons for blocking a proposed trade of Chris Paul from the league-owned Hornets to the Lakers, only to later agree to a deal that sent Paul to the Clippers. He said that \u201clost in the frenzy\u201d over his action was the fact he quashed the deal in his role as the owners\u2019 representative looking out for the best interests of the Hornets\u2014not as the commissioner looking out for the best interests of the league as a whole.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cOur view was that the best thing was for New Orleans to be a young team,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tStern blamed himself for not clarifying that sooner.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tThe booing Mavs fans may not have realized they had Stern to thank for getting Lamar Odom to Dallas. Odom was supposed to have been in the Lakers-Hornets deal; when he wasn\u2019t, he was so upset that the club didn\u2019t want him that he asked to be traded.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\tAfter the Dallas-Miami game, Stern went to Oklahoma City for the opener between the Thunder and Orlando. Magic star Dwight Howard is trying to force his way to the team of his preference, just like Paul did. Asked if that was bad for the league, Stern said it\u2019s always happened, using Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Wilt Chamberlain as examples.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThat\u2019s the beauty of the soap opera,\u201d Stern said. \u201cIt will play out like it plays out.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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