In an e-mail to USA TODAY Sports, Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said: "Contrary to what most people think I'm a huge fan of David's." cont'd
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More Cuban on Stern: "We didn't always agree but we have always respected each other. It won't be the same when he leaves."
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More Cuban on Stern: "I guess we will have to think of something good to name in his honor."
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- Stern denied the notion that the NBA had anything to do with ESPN not hiring Stan Van Gundy, from Jarrod N. Rudolph of RealGM:
David Stern denies having anything to do with Stan Van Gundy's ESPN opportunity falling through. Gave a stern "no" when asked about it.
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Stern added " I take great pride in expanding the opportunities of coaches and former coaches."
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Dwight Howard confirmed what Sheridan reported through much of last season, stating he wished to be traded to the Nets when he was still with the Magic, from Mike Mazzeo of ESPN New York: “Howard, who was ultimately dealt to the Los Angeles Lakers, said, “I did want to go to Brooklyn. That’s a place where I told the Magic that I really wanted to go,” to Stephen A. Smith and Ryan Ruocco on ESPN NewYork 98.7 FM. “[But] I was traded to the Lakers, and I think it was a blessing in disguise. ” … “The whole year a lot of people were making up a lot of stories about ‘This deal is getting close, that deal is getting close to being done,’ or whatever, but none of those deals were ever close,” Howard said… “I think a lot of it was people just felt like I was going back and forth with the whole thing,” Howard said. “But the business side, people don’t understand, when you’re doing business you have to be a shark. You have to demand things. If you don’t, people will run over you, and that was a lesson that I learned.”
- Howard is upset with the league’s decision to remove the center position from the All-Star ballot, from Mazzeo: “I don’t think it’s right. I don’t think it’s fair,” Howard said. “They can say that there’s not a lot of centers in the NBA, but the truth of the matter is, it’s gonna come back around. “You can’t just take it away because that’s still a very important position. Everything starts with the center. It might not be the flashiest person on the court. It might not be the person that gets the most points, but that’s the person that controls the paint on both ends.”
- There were some exceptional highlights from the Lakers-Clippers game on Wednesday, involving a whole lot of Eric Bledsoe and Blake Griffin:
Bledsoe explained his mindset heading into the game, from Arash Markazi of ESPN Los Angeles: “I knew I was going to be playing a lot, especially when I knew Chris and Jamal [Crawford] weren’t going to be playing,” Bledsoe said. “I just came prepared.” Bledsoe ended up playing 44 minutes and finishing with 22 points, 11 assists and 9 steals as the Clippers defeated the Lakers, 97-91. He smiled after the game when asked if he knew he was one steal shy of a triple-double. “Yes,” Bledsoe said. “Chris and my teammates were telling me that I need one more, but I was just trying to play solid down the stretch. Steve Blake hit me with a couple of daggers back-to-back, and I was just trying to play solid defense.”
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Grant Hill, part of a very deep 2012-13 LA Clippers team
Grant Hill is due to have another examination, while Lamar Odom hopes to be ready by season opener, from Broderick Turner of Los Angeles Times: “Grant Hill, who has already had one MRI exam that showed he has a bone bruise in his right knee, said Wednesday night that he plans to get another examination soon. Hill said he won’t be ready for the start of the Clippers’ regular season Wednesday night against the Memphis Grizzlies, and that it’ll be awhile before he can play in a game. “I think I’ll be out another two weeks or so, I hope,” Hill said. “I just want to make sure it’s right. We don’t want to rush it.” Lamar Odom (bone bruise in left knee) and Chauncey Billups (recovering from left Achilles’ tendon surgery) also didn’t play against the Lakers. Del Negro said the hope is that Odom can play in the season opener.”
- Kyrie Irvig will be out indefinitely after getting all four of his wisdom teeth pulled, from Mary Schmitt Boyer of The Plain Dealer:
Kyrie Irving had all four wisdom teeth pulled WED and is out indefinitely. Can't imagine he won't be ready for #Cavs opener but who knows?
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Kobe Bryant could miss the season opener, according to Ramona Shelburne and Dave McMenamin of ESPN Los Angeles: “Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown said Wednesday night that Kobe Bryant’s foot injury might not be healed enough to play in Tuesday night’s season opener against the Dallas Mavericks. “I don’t know if he’ll be ready,” Brown said after the Lakers’ 97-91 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday. “So yeah, I guess there is question. I’m just going to wait for [Lakers trainer] Gary Vitti to tell me he can play, because there’s nothing I can do about it until they release him anyway.”
- A scout told Sports Illustrated that he believes Ricky Rubio will be better than Steve Nash:
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Basically what you find written in the book “when the game was ours” contradicts what Wojnarowski, a noted Stern hater, said in his latest article, where he took away (in ridiculous fashion) Stern’s accomplishments in growing the game outside the world..as a foreigner I can attest to what there was written in the book and that Stern really had a huge role in growing the game around these parts (I also know this because my dad works on sports television and has friends and colleagues who dealt with Stern himself when signing international tv deals and confirmed he was a great seller especially considering that, back then, they were still skeptics over the league despite the presence of guys like Magic, Larry, MJ..so yeah the players did their parts but Stern had a lot of impact on it too..Wojnarowski got that one, and not just that one for that matter, totally wrong).
I agree. Woj is a great guy and a great writer, but when he wants to write negatively… watch out because he’ll go all out even if he realizes it’s a bit much.