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[Chrisksaint]

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David Stern got mad that Jim Rome asked about the Draft Lottery being fixed and asked Rome, "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?"

Deadspin

[ProfessaPackMan]

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If that's Stern's way of trying to be funny then he failed horribly.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Totally lowclass, respect to Rome for keeping it professional.

I've never heard Stern go off like that

[ex carrabba fan]

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Yo, Stern tried to lower the Ether though..

"OK, I've got to get going, I have to talk to someone important like Stephen A. Smith.."

WOW

[ProfessaPackMan]

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SBNation's take on this:

So, Jim Rome isn't afraid to ruffle a few feathers, even if you're a guest on his show. He's known for this. We know this. So it's not really surprising that during an interview with David Stern Wednesday, he asked the NBA commissioner if the NBA Lottery was rigged for New Orleans.
What WAS surprising was when Stern responded by asking Rome, "Have you stopped beating your wife yet?"

He was joking, of course. But in the way that only a millionaire rich guy who's not even a little afraid of losing his job can joke. The kind of joke that leads to a whole lotta nervous laughter. You don't have to like David Stern, but one day when he's gone it's stuff like this that we'll laugh about forever. Imagine anyone asking you on live radio if you beat your wife.
I think I'd probably start laughing, but then I'd remember I'm on live radio and I'd immediately freak out, worrying that people were gonna think I beat my wife. Which was Stern's whole point.
His question was as loaded as Rome's, planting ideas in people's head. Before he got to the wife beating part, he answered Rome's question in two parts. First by saying "No." and second, "Shame on you for asking." When Rome doubled-down ("It's my job to ask you that"), Stern upped the ante, too. You can listen to the audio at Deadspin.
And now I'm sure thousands of people will be googling to see whether Jim Rome has ever beaten his wife. Which proves Stern's point, right? You may not think it's okay to joke about wife beating, or to do it on live radio, but it's a famous example that's been cited in court. And it's a pretty fantastic way to disarm somebody. Especially somebody who was trying to ask you TOUGH, loaded questions on live radio.
I think the lesson here is, play that game with David Stern at your own risk.

[King_B_Mack]

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I hate Stern so much. His time as commish can't end quick enough so I don't have to see or hear from his smug *** ever again. I don't even like Jim Rome like that, but Stern's attitude is so damn annoying. He did Dan Patrick like that before. Wasn't as harsh as that, but he always takes this little smug, sarcastic attitude with guys as if they are so far beneath him and have no right to question anything he does.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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The lesson and point learned is/was don't play with fire and expect not to get burned.

[The 24th Letter]

"Have you stopped beating your wife yet?" is just a traditional example of a "Loaded Question" we all learned that in Literature class...

Now, if Rose does have a history of domestic abuse, that's an "ouch" lol...Even so, I don't think Stern would bring that up..

[ex carrabba fan]

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Truth, match set. Still, Stern dropped 2 Ethers anyway

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David Stern owned a reporter in a press conference last year when that subject of beating your wife came up... he brought up the saying to explain what it meant

Since he's a lawyer he knows exactly what those kinds of questions do... its like throwing mud on the wall.. it might not stick but leaves an impression, so Rome started something he couldnt finish.

[King_B_Mack]

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Honestly that wasn't a loaded question at all. You have David Stern on the phone and the draft lottery is a very recent topic that is on a lot of people's minds. You have to ask the question. There's a million ways to answer that question without going THAT route.

[ex carrabba fan]

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If Rome didn't ask a loaded question, it was certainly a dumb question.

I think he really should have worded it differently, and it would have been much more productive. Like asking him about the process and about specific protocol instead of just asking straight up if "the fix was in". That could have shed some light on everything and sufficed. People do want to know about the Draft lottery and how it works, but asking if it's rigged just isn't productive. It's not like Stern was gonna say "yes".

Definitely not a good question.

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Since he pretty much planted in people's minds that the lottery is rigged by even asking or insinuating the question, Stern's answer wouldn't have sufficed no matter how he answered.

If he explained people would just say, aw he lying, or aw he's full of it, or aw he know he's just doing damage control

In that sense he is saying its loaded... you dont agree?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Stern was being what he usually his most of the time that's being an ***hole.

[ex carrabba fan]

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Stern was being what he usually his most of the time that's being an ***hole.

Most definitely, totally unprofessional on his end.

Telling Rome he had more important people to talk to and that Rome has made his career off cheap thrills...

Please