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Love that Pop stuck it to him, but as I said in the other thread, Stern will punish us in more ways than one. He's a piece of . I wish we could fine the league or take back money for his crooked refs or favoritism towards big markets.
IMO this just sends a self-fulfilling message to the players that they're soft. For a team that become known for their playoff meltdowns in recent years, this is the wrong message to send.
Sports is about overcoming adversity. You don't get to choose your opponent or the conditions of the compe ion.
Love that Pop stuck it to him, but as I said in the other thread, Stern will punish us in more ways than one. He's a piece of . I wish we could fine the league or take back money for his crooked refs or favoritism towards big markets.
That's a great reason. I'm sure Pop spends lots of time worrying about pissing off Stern.
Well, Stern is just pissed that the stars for the Spurs (that he doesn't even promote) aren't on the court. I get he's annoyed but that doesn't mean he can just fine or punish teams.
Where do you draw the line of sport and entertainment? If you're going to fine a club for not playing their players when rest is needed, why stop there? Fine clubs where the team scores less than 60 pts, because obviously they didn't give the fans a good enough show. Seriously, where would you draw the line? Now let's start having NBA sanctioned doctors give gametime physicals. I'm not arguing that the league can't profit off of sport, I'm arguing that the commissioner is making up rules based purely on money and not for the protection of its players.These purity of sport arguments always make me laugh. It's a business; of course it's 100% about the money.
82 games is ridiculous. There are too many teams that make the playoffs. You want coaches to play full strength? Then make the regular season games mean more. The NBA made their own bed. Tough luck.
Yeah, Tim Duncan, Tony Parker, and ESPECIALLY Manu are all mentally soft and don't believe they can win championships because they sat out a game in November.
WHY ARE SOME OF YOU SO STUPID?!?!?!?!?!
God i hope we win this game just to shove it up Stern's ass even more. STERN.
Then Ster should take some actions against Heat for the lack of desire to win
the guy they drafted? that guy?
Pop should double-down and sit 8 players for the next nationally televised game, along with wearing a F Stern shirt
Tissue?IMO it's not sportsmanship
pops gonna get spanked by daddy stern
LOL Stern sounds like an emotional dumb with that quote. What kind of kangaroo court bull is this? I'm confused how you can be sanctioned without actually breaking a rule. I'm also confused why he is just now pretending such a rule exists. Pop has done this many times before without any league action. That's estoppel brotha. Stern seems like a ty lawyer.
So maybe Stern was just doing his part to up the hype by playing the "Big Bad Commissioner" card ala Vince McMahon? It builds into his clear intentions over the last decade to turn the NBA into a WWE clone imo
TBH, these games are some of my favorites because its fun to watch the bench guys compete.
Thing is, I have a sinking su ion that this is not the first time Stern has been upset with Pop about these types of situations. Last season the media unfairly made a HUGE deal out of Pop sitting players towards the end of the season....something a lot of teams were doing, and something Pop has always done. There's nothing unfair about resting players when you earn that right by winning enough to make the playoffs....same goes for resting your players after a long away trip, Spurs won enough games on this road trip and Pop decided to take the risk of a loss vs giving his stars rest.Staples is a business. General Electric is a business. But you don't see people wearing Staples merch, or paying big money to watch a GE employee assemble a washing machine, do you. So obviously there's SOME difference smart guy.
People who are unintentionally obtuse make me laugh.
Anyways, here's a hypothetical I'd love to see Pop try out, in the case where this isn't just BS and Stern actually does something to stop teams from doing this. So, the next time the Spurs are in a situation where Pop would like to hold out players or send them home for reasons of rest, instead he brings them along, starts them like normal, and then the first time the Spurs get possession of the ball he calls a time out, subs them out, and they don't play again that game. That'd be a nice you to Stern, play them for the opening tip and then sit them the rest of the game.
Anyways, Stern. So tired of his bull .
Stern not liking that move is logical but threatening of "substantial sanctions" is too much.
The primary reason why Pop send back some of his players at home was to keep them healthy over the course of the season. If the league want to appear as an iden y that isn't only money driven but too as an iden y that cares about the well being of its players, they can't sanctioned hard Pop for that.
Adrian Wojnarowski @WojYahooNBA Before dispatching statement tonight, NBA had no communication w/ Spurs about Pop's decision to send players home, league source tells Y!
Staples is a business. General Electric is a business. But you don't see people wearing Staples merch, or paying big money to watch a GE employee assemble a washing machine, do you. So obviously there's SOME difference smart guy.
People who are unintentionally obtuse make me laugh.
Anyways, here's a hypothetical I'd love to see Pop try out, in the case where this isn't just BS and Stern actually does something to stop teams from doing this. So, the next time the Spurs are in a situation where Pop would like to hold out players or send them home for reasons of rest, instead he brings them along, starts them like normal, and then the first time the Spurs get possession of the ball he calls a time out, subs them out, and they don't play again that game. That'd be a nice you to Stern, play them for the opening tip and then sit them the rest of the game.
Anyways, Stern. So tired of his bull .
Yeah, people pay big money to watch the Spurs rest all their good players. I can't belive anyone is surprised to hear Sterm talking about resting players on a national TV game. He has been ing and making empty threats about teams resting stars for more than a decade.
Isn't Holt basically Stern's boss?
Stern: "I need you to control your coach a little bit better."
Holt: " you, Dave."
if Stern really wants to punish the spurs he should mandate Bonner to play 25 minutes per game
What sanction? He can't do . At least legaly.
WTF, You pays to watch the Wizards play... Stern should look into that!
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