What is Up with the NBA?

The NBA for the longest time has been a Dictatorship with David Stern at the top ruling with an Iron fist.  When Stern rolled out the Dress Code a few years back, a lot of players didn’t like it. Stern said Tough, either you do it or get out, plain, simple and too the point.  When Stern tried to please Animal Rights Activist by going to a different type of ball, all of his players once again said they hated it and once again he said Tough.  It wasn’t until the games started being affected by the new ball that Stern decided to look into it. Showing once again that Stern only cares about the Game and how it is perceived around the Nation and Worldwide.  How will David Stern be able to rule with an Iron Fist when some of his main Stars like Kobe Bryant and LeBron James jump the pond to go make $1.75 on the American Dollar????  What will Stern do to keep his league his??? Will he just buy every league in Europe to make certain that he and the NBA Front Office get their cut of all Merchandise sold of his stars??  Dave, (I can call him that since we are so close) has been talking for years to try and get a Team or League in Europe and in the last 2 or so years has wanted to start a NBA League in China. Who will be the Commissioner in those leagues?? Certainly David can’t live forever and I think China will have something to say about ruling with an Iron Fist over there after all they handled the Olympics pretty damn well. 

 The NBA is starting to Change again like when Jordan and some other big stars left and it isn’t changing in a good way!!  The NBA used to be thought of the league that housed thugs and rule breakers, Stern came in and Cleaned it up like he always does and then Josh Howard, Darrell Aurthur, Mario Chalmers and many other instances happened in the last few years. I understand the NBA isn’t full of Thugs as many sports aren’t but just like the Nightly news “If it Bleeds, It Leads”!!!  No one pays attention to all the good that players do, they just look at the negative. Like the Malice in the Palace, The Tim Donaghy scandal, 2 young players getting busted in ROOKIE CAMP, Josh Howard being completely insensitive to all black people as well as this country. 

I tell you what Josh Howard if you don’t Celebrate Our National Anthem, I respect your decision and even your right to free speech but this Country that you turned your back on has given you and everyone you know everything they own.  So since you’re Black and you don’t celebrate our Anthem which doesn’t make sense in itself, why don’t you tell us what you do celebrate and which country you wished you lived in?????

What happened to this once GREAT LEAGUE???  The Seattle Sonics have the 12Th best TV market and leave to Oklahoma the 45Th largest TV market which just contradicts the NBA’s way of thinking.  The NBA then says that Seattle will get another team in the near future.  WTF is that???? Why not just put an expansion team in Oklahoma and let the Longest tenured team in Seattle stay????  The Seattle Sonics won the City’s only Major Championship and then the NBA held the City hostage, since when is that part of the business plan of Sterns League??? 

I used to LIVE for the NBA but when Jordan left, an end of an Era left with him. Young Punks are saying stupider things daily and not having any respect for their teammates, the league, players that came before them or even the fans, who by the way ultimately pay their salaries!!  Maybe we do need to find a way to help David Stern live forever and keep this league under wraps.  Is this how Dr. James Naismith thought his game would turn out???

 

 

Josh Hammer - Overtime Sportswear