And then on NBA Live Coins ESPN, Stern said accepting a deal was "the only rational thing" players could do, because "given what"s going on in our business right now, [the offer] will get worse from there." So that"s the plan, then.One last threat, and if the players still balk, negotiations become more brutal than ever. If Stern really believes this will work, then he"s a fool.

 If not, then he"s essentially throwing up his hands in all this, clearing the way for hardline owners to sink their teeth in, players to seek out much nastier alternatives, and his league to inch closer and closer to Cheap MUL Zen full-on armageddon.The tenor and direction of this lockout isn"t necessarily the commissioner"s fault, but failure to rein in the extremes on both sides absolutely falls to the commissioner"s office.

As a the league inches closer to an end that will cost everyone millions (and billions) of dollars, it reminds of what I wrote on the first day of the NBA lockout:...the NBA lockout isn"t about the owners" business sense prevailing. It"s about greed and financial insecurity obscuring business sense. ... And David Stern should know better. He"s lived through a lockout war, and this one figures to be even more brutal. ... rather than fight to protect his sport,

Stern"s fighting a petty PR battle, looking smug as ever, posing as a victim of economic realities that left no other option.Here we are nearly five months later, back at square one.And after calling him the best commissioner in sports for nearly 30 years, the last 10 years might make future generations wonder about David Stern. He betrayed Seattle, he refused to acknowledge problems with officiating until a massive scandal tainted the entire league, he"s ignored Donald Sterling"s vile behavior in L.A., he never pursued revenue sharing that might have averted the https://www.mmogo.com/