I just listened to the JJ Redick podcast with Adam Silver and it made me start thinking who the best commissioner has been in the league’s history. I feel like Stern was kind of wild at times but Silver’s also made some mistakes too.
I don’t remember anyone before Stern so just saying not Silver. His decisions are just confusing most of the time and seem to focus more on short term wins rather than any long term strategy. I get that he’s really just acting on behalf of ownership but it’s your job to convince them to think long term sometimes.
A small thing that’s maybe illustrative is just the NBA’s early obsession with winning Twitter. It’s like he forgot where revenue came from.
D.
- Stern
- O’Brien
- Podoloff
- Kennedy
- Silver
In that order
Stern. Pre 2015 you had to be a real man to play in the nba.
Stern was a top tier heel. Silver can’t get over to save his life.
It’s NOT Stern.
The Jordan cover-up.
2002 WCF
Frozen envelope.
Malice In The Palace
Tim Donaghy.
Spurs vs Suns
Seattle debacle
2 lockouts
Stern got lucky Jordan was around, and if he didn’t have a Jordan he would have made one. The most gangster of commissioners across all major sports, he was a problem in contract negotiations also. When Seattle was denied a team in 2013 he spit on them afterwards: “Excuse me, I have a playoff game to get to in OKC.”
Let me guess, r/conspiracy is your favorite sub.
O’Brien, Podoloff, Silver, Stern and Kennedy. Stern was so corrupt and even as a non-Seattle fan it really fucking annoyed me how they lost their team, and corruption within the league. Jordan was a major factor for why we look at Stern so favorably.
“I just listened to the JJ Redick…”
I stop caring after that part.