David Stern Player Quotations

I think that players play, and they compete, and it's not about incentives.

Free speech is against governments, not against the NBA. So the players and coaches and indeed owners have been fined for their speech, which is costly rather than free. I sort of acknowledge that there is not free speech when you agree to work in the NBA.

I think he's a great player and I hope has an all-star season, ... I wished him well. We visited a bit. He's made an already strong Pacer team even stronger. I think they are feeling pretty good about their roster.

I think he's a great player and I hope has an all-star season. I wished him well. We visited a bit. He's made an already strong Pacer team even stronger. I think they are feeling pretty good about their roster.

I think he's a great player and I hope he has an All-Star season, ... He's made an already-strong Pacer team even stronger. They feel pretty good about their roster right now.

I think he's a great player and I hope he has an All-Star season, ... I wished him well before, visited him a bit. And he's made an already-strong Pacer team even stronger. They feel pretty good about their roster right now.

We haven't had excessive fisticuffs. These are things that commissioners worry about. And truth be told, our player reputation in the testing that we do is rebounding quite well from a year ago.

Everyone said that the NBA could not possibly make it because it had too many black players.