Sowce604 No, the players do that, teams do that.

The teams wouldn't be on tv if it wasn't for him stupid

Well they would but not nationally

DA REAL Johnny Appleseed you dumb as fuck, the NBA would be on TV no matter what, you want to thank someone, thank the person who invented basketball, James Naismith

And subsequently micro-managed it into the ground.

So true. We can't say the same about the NFL.

RIP David Stern again and always, the most special part of his building and accomplishing was symbolized exactly by what he did in the first (and biggest, and going even more over, for all the players in the seats and not there too) chunk of his own speech; greeting, recognizing and thanking all those building legends. Ultimately, a prototypical fan and NBA lover. A truly great commissioner.

Humble? He hated anything deemed too "black."

and the govt was behind 9/11

Both are true

Wait me

@@ericthomas7560 Both are staining an occasion like this and all three are charlatan.

He did the right thing.

I am not a fan of David Stern,main causes of that are flopping and rigged series between the Lakers and Kings,but he did globalize the league so I got to give him props for that.

but the rigged series wasnt his fault, it was the officials betting on the games

But if the whole world could see that the game is rigged,but not Stern,that is suspicious.

Flopping has existed since before Stern was even part of the NBA. Yes, that game was rigged. The series was awful. That's not Stern's fault. I don't think Stern wants to come off as if the entire NBA was rigged.

Chris Monteleone Zombies eat brains ! your safe ! It wasnt his fault ? like he doesnt know whats going on ? You got to have shit for brains . David Stern ordered the fix !

He was ? I can argue with that

Since he been gone the league has been watered down

Classic

BimodalMetal6 Zombies eat brains . Your safe !

2002films Please explain to me how I don't have a brain?

BimodalMetal6 David Stern is a liar . He is corrupt and has instructed his officials to manipulate some games to further revenue . He has made the sport into entertainment instead of a honest sport . He rigged the 2002 WCF for the Lakers . The draft is also most likely manilualted . You think so highly of him because you don't know anything about him, only what you know fromn the media . And i can prove everything i said .

+2002films I'm interested. Prove it.

@@gabsanchez lol 3 years has gone and he still yet hasn't proved that.

@Mr1charlton damn man...what you talkin about?? You typed Bible here.

Wilt-Bill, Stern, Larry-Magic, MJ.

Not to difficult, actually;-)

Ohhhh hell yeah

Better commissioner than Goodell, Bateman and whoever the hell is running baseball now. A loss for the sports community, RIP David Stern.

Agreed. But Stern fixed games.

Goodell never rigged games or told players how to dress.

EXACTLY FINALLY SOMEONE WHOS SMART

Respect bro but not only China he literally brought the game to the whole world.

From America, we respect the people of China

NBA is not as good today, no defense, all offense..

Brilliant idea, definitely the way he used to announce the draft

He'd be a nobody without Bird Magic Jordan Barkley and Hakeem

So, how does it taste?

The NBA has 30 teams and David worked 30 years. That's 1 team for each year! Now that's going full circle!

Prior to the lockout of 1998-'99, absolutely. After that? Absolutely the worst of the 4 major North American pro sport leagues.

+Fakename70 hell no he's an angel compared to goodell

+goku8621 You're dreaming. Goodell didn't singlehandedly encourage and facilitate any of his league's franchises to relocate, nor did he cockblock a city which lost its franchise from obtaining one through relocation. Goodell's worst crimes have been in the disciplinary category. But, he's only doing exactly what the owners pay him to do. Notice that none of them ever had any beef with the guy until he dropped the hammer on one of THIER star players. Robert Kraft, in particular.

@@goku8621 He was behind the Seattle super Sonics moved to Oklahoma city however the Thunder saw Kevin Durant James Harden and Russell Westbrook have all left

@@Fakename70 Goodell took the rams out of st Louis a baseball city back to Los Angeles

"Was"

We love you from America

I can't stand what he's done, but then I think the "world" is soft now, and slightly less attention to detail is paid, so he just typifies the state of the world. Many fans would be appalled if bball was still played like it was in the 80s and 90's ,it's unfortunate

looks a bit like kermit the frog to me

Bringing sports...

Cause he is a cop out , he thinks he is better then everyone else , that's why I'm not a fan ,he is selfish 💯

You keep living and you will too 😊

He helped Clay Bennett move the Sonics to OKC.