New Era for the NBA?
Posted by: David Bunch
Here's an interesting piece on the steps David Stern (NBA Commissioner) is taking to re-fashion the image of the NBA this coming season.
As a huge basketball fan that feels betrayed by the NBA for the preponderance of thugs now in the league, I believe this is a great start in the right direction.
Let's hope it works.
Here's an interesting piece on the steps David Stern (NBA Commissioner) is taking to re-fashion the image of the NBA this coming season.
For the start of the 2006-07 season on Tuesday night, Stern has stolen a page out of departed NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue's old playbook, angling to regulate his players' appearance on the court after implementing a dress code off it a year ago. No more arm sleeves, no more layers of shorts sticking out of game shorts, no more wristbands pushed up to the elbow.
Stern calls this a "new golden era" for the NBA, an emergence of likable young stars rising into the championship chase now. What's more, Stern has started an initiative that was neglected too long by the league. Finally, he is using the stature of his office to lead a dialogue on cleaning up the cesspool of amateur basketball in America. The system has gone to hell, as responsible as anything for the flood of overseas players gobbling up NBA jobs.
As a huge basketball fan that feels betrayed by the NBA for the preponderance of thugs now in the league, I believe this is a great start in the right direction.
Let's hope it works.
