Sit down? Seriously? How about you learn to read sentences completely? I said That's a fact. He may have wanted his second stringers to go up against Lebron/Wade/Bosh. Want to know why I think that? B/c that's what happened. Btw, there's no need to act like a tool.
I'm hoping he does it again on national tv. Pops doesn't owe it to anyone nor does he have to tell the league/other teams in advance who he is going to play and rest. Eff Stern - his retirement couldn't have come sooner.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Front office executive just texted on Spurs: "Watch, Joey Crawford will do the Memphis game now."</p>— Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) <a href="https://twitter.com/WojYahooNBA/status/274663906469892098" data-datetime="2012-11-30T23:59:12+00:00">November 30, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p><a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Celticstalk">#Celticstalk</a>: <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Celtics">#Celtics</a> Doc Rivers said he didn't like the $250K fine the <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23NBA">#NBA</a> levied on the <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Spurs">#Spurs</a> for resting their stars vs the <a href="https://twitter.com/search/%23Heat">#Heat</a>.</p>— A. Sherrod Blakely (@SherrodbCSN) <a href="https://twitter.com/SherrodbCSN/status/274664847168401409" data-datetime="2012-12-01T00:02:57+00:00">December 1, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Scott Brooks reaction to the Spurs fine: He really didn't have one.</p>— Royce Young (@dailythunder) <a href="https://twitter.com/dailythunder/status/274659529797554178" data-datetime="2012-11-30T23:41:49+00:00">November 30, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
Its not really relevant. Believe it or not- teams including Miami- market attractive opponents to customers (particularly when selling mini season ticket packages). The Spurs lineup featuring 3 future HOF players is doubtlessly one of the ones marketed this way and that's why TNT carried the game.
So did the Heat have the right to tell them not to rest the starters? Pop: Hey, Spo. Guess what. I'm gonna rest my men tonight. You guys will have it easy. Spo: No, no, no. You don't understand. What we want the most is not winning a game. We want to sell tickets. Didn't you get the memo from Stern? Pop: Of course I got that memo. **** Stern. Spo: Sure. I'll tell LeBron to let you guys stay close. I love to see how that prick looks tomorrow morning when your scrubs almost pull it off. Hehe. Pop: Sounds great!
They market it not for the HOFs, but for it being a primetime game, which it was. If the game had been an epic blowout, maybe there would be an argument, but there wasn't.
I hate the lack of transparency from the NBA's league office. Stern's retirement can't come soon enough. Past due.
Yep. The irony is, the game was close and exciting. AND the Heat won. So what's the complaint? The problem with Stern's comment was that he assumed that the quality of the game would be bad BEFORE the game was even played. As it turned out, the game wasn't bad. Gross confusion of opinions and facts.
I think that this egregious act erases any doubt that Stern would/will rig officiating to help a team he would prefer to see play in a playoff series or championship. I sincerely hope that the Spurs have some type of legal recourse here (can the DOJ step in?), because this tyrannical decision is just outrageous and reaks of spite.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Per David Stern's fine structure, benching your stars is 2.5 times worse than calling someone a homophobic epithet on national TV.</p>— Bill Barnwell (@billbarnwell) <a href="https://twitter.com/billbarnwell/status/274654519235858432" data-datetime="2012-11-30T23:21:54+00:00">November 30, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Stern's authority to fine Spurs comes from Article 35A of NBA Const. Empowers commish to levy fine up to $1M for conduct detrimental.</p>— Gabe Feldman (@SportsLawGuy) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsLawGuy/status/274664802377408512" data-datetime="2012-12-01T00:02:46+00:00">December 1, 2012</a></blockquote> <script src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
4 gamez 5 nites......rest playas on forth iz smart......reg season is a sham....pops haz da bling to prove it game wuz still da ish.........stern just said "it ain't bout the game....its about the name"
This isn't remotely true. The Rockets used to heavily promote whenever Jordan's Wizards or Bulls were in town, opposing teams marketed Yao - the NBA is a playercentric league
Pops will def change the method of resting players, that's for sure. As far as all of you saying Stern needs to retire already is beyond hysterical! Consider that his right hand man and student is taking over, sterns dna will always be implemented in the nba.
They marketed Michael Jordan!!!!!!!!!!! And teams marketed Yao! How many of those teams had the biggest superstar in the game, coming of a championship, that sell out every single game, market the other team's players? Are you saying the Bulls in the late 90s marketed Olajuwon/Drexler/Barkley to sell tickets?
No. But as a courtesy if you're gonna tank a game on somebody's else's home floor and you decide this beforehand - a notice requirement seems appropriate from my perspective.
