Stern and the Spurs...

[romain.star]

Stern does not decide who wins and loses for sake.

Do you understand how super risky fixing games would be for a man in his position? If he wanted to protect big markets, do you really think this is how he would operate?

He is the Commissioner of a League whose system gives opportunities (Draft, Salary cap) for small markets like SA or OKC to compete with LA, Chicago or NYC.

Stop with that already

[dbestpro]

Stern does not decide who wins and loses for sake.

Do you understand how super risky fixing games would be for a man in his position?

Games are not fixed, they are nudged for the sake of merchandising. International marketing is expected to triple over the next two to three years. One might argue that the Spurs have not been interfered with this year because they market well, internationally.

[romain.star]

Games are not fixed, they are nudged for the sake of merchandising. International marketing is expected to triple over the next two to three years. One might argue that the Spurs have not been interfered with this year because they market well, internationally.

Concretly how does one nudge a game?

International marketing has been a League priority for about a decade and the Spurs market well internationally for a about a decade too. So I'm not sure where you want to go with that...