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RIP David Stern 1942-2020
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Originally Posted by miami_fan
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I can't say I was an overall fan of his and yes he benefited from Michael Jordan coming into the league shortly after. But I am a guy who remembers struggling to watch the first quarters of NBA Finals games because they started at 11:30pm eastern on tape delay. To go from that to the place where the game is today required incredible leadership and business acumen. David Stern deserves all the plaudits for that.
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"The blind soldier fought for me in this war. The least I can do now is fight for him. I have eyes. He hasn’t. I have a voice on the radio, he hasn’t. I was born a white man. And until a colored man is a full citizen, like me, I haven’t the leisure to enjoy the freedom that colored man risked his life to maintain for me. I don’t own what I have until he owns an equal share of it. Until somebody beats me and blinds me, I am in his debt."- Orson Welles August 11, 1946
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