carolinajazz
Well-Known Member
I like this perspective....from an unbiased sports writer....who also happens to be black! Here's a highlight!
"Stern gets credit for babysitting black kids and making them somewhat palatable to a small percentage of white corporate America."
"I'm not calling Stern a failure or a fraud. I'm saying he was fortunate. I'm saying his reputation outweighs his real accomplishments."
"With the pervasive popularity of rap music and a black man sitting in the White House, there's no reason to pretend the NBA has been handicapped by the blackness of basketball. There's no reason to judge Stern on some sort of curve."
"Basketball should be more popular. In my opinion, the NBA should rival the NFL. At the very least, no way should the NFL be five times more popular than the NBA. No way. Stern rode Bird, Magic and Jordan to an unprecedented level of relevance and success. The league has lost relevance since the end of that era. That's inexcusable!"
"Stern focused too much of the league's relevance on individual superstars at the expense of promoting teams, rivalries and championships. He has never understood the importance of the health of college basketball."
"When Stern appropriately told his Allen Iverson-influenced players to take off their white T's, pull up their sagging pants and dress like grown men coming to work, media idiots screamed racism."
"I don't believe Stern healed the game of American basketball. I think he contributed to its division."
https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10377689/whitlock-david-stern-was-bully-got-lucky
"Stern gets credit for babysitting black kids and making them somewhat palatable to a small percentage of white corporate America."
"I'm not calling Stern a failure or a fraud. I'm saying he was fortunate. I'm saying his reputation outweighs his real accomplishments."
"With the pervasive popularity of rap music and a black man sitting in the White House, there's no reason to pretend the NBA has been handicapped by the blackness of basketball. There's no reason to judge Stern on some sort of curve."
"Basketball should be more popular. In my opinion, the NBA should rival the NFL. At the very least, no way should the NFL be five times more popular than the NBA. No way. Stern rode Bird, Magic and Jordan to an unprecedented level of relevance and success. The league has lost relevance since the end of that era. That's inexcusable!"
"Stern focused too much of the league's relevance on individual superstars at the expense of promoting teams, rivalries and championships. He has never understood the importance of the health of college basketball."
"When Stern appropriately told his Allen Iverson-influenced players to take off their white T's, pull up their sagging pants and dress like grown men coming to work, media idiots screamed racism."
"I don't believe Stern healed the game of American basketball. I think he contributed to its division."
https://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/10377689/whitlock-david-stern-was-bully-got-lucky
