NBA: Stern assails pre-game pizzazz — 'There are babies in the building'

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David Stern Wants You to Know He Digs Neither Your Hip Nor Your Hop
Published 5/13/2008 by Matt Moore at FanHouse
... his hands off of it. Okay, that's not exactly true. He intercedes where he feels he can do the most good and then says he doesn't want to interfere. But even then he's unlikely to criticize things a team would do, particularly as part of their entertainment for the fans. Well, apparently, tonight was that rare exception (that's becoming less rare) where Stern decided to just fire from the hip. Before Game 4 in Cleveland, following yet another extended pregame fireworks show, Stern spoke to the press, and said, quote, "I think they're ridiculous. I think ...

Lord, He Heard Our Prayers!
Published 5/13/2008 by Hardwood Paroxysm (noreply@blogger.com) at Hardwood Paroxysm
... From the mouth of David Stern, via the National Post... "I think they're ridiculous. I think that the noise, the fire, the smoke is a kind of assault that we should seriously consider reviewing whether it's really necessary given the quality of our game. It may be that these are the maniacal rantings of a fan from a different era, and I recognize that. But I'm sitting there, waiting for the next cannon to go off and then the fire heats up the arena, so the temperature in the arena raises by 15 degrees. That's if you can see it, because you're ...

Reading is Great! Tuesday’s NBA Rumors, Breaking News, and Blog Links
Published 5/13/2008 by Brian Spencer at Empty the Bench
- Awful Announcing - The mystery woman LeBron was yelling at? That would be his mom. - National Post - David Stern: “Won’t someone please think of the children?!” - Need4Sheed - The “In Arnie (Kander) We Trust” movement has begun around the USA. - Fan I.Q. - Seven reasons why very few teams are winning on the road right now. - Yahoo! Sports - It’s not just the ...

The 10-man rotation, starring a sensitive-eared Stern
Published 5/13/2008 at Ball Don't Lie
... C: National Post. David Stern is tired of all the pre-game pizzazz — "There are babies in the building." ...

David Stern Hears Dead People, Would Prefer A Quieter Arena
Published 5/13/2008 by GC at Can't Stop The Bleeding
... The National Post’s Eric Koreen could’ve pestered David Stern about clock repairs in Detroit or a coaching change in New York prior to last night’s Celtics/Cavs Game 4, but instead quizzed the NBA commish on the nature of the Association’s optimistically titled “in-game entertainment”. ...