I think stern should be fine for saying arrogant statements like that. I don't think it's fair players/coaches/owners get fined for voicing their opinions, but he doesn't.
Like berns, i've cooled down on the NBA the last couple years. I agree it is the hardest sport to officiate. Football is all contact, baseball in pretty much no contact, and in hockey as long as you don't ram someone in the boards or use your stick illegally, you're allowed to hit. I partially blame the players for flopping. Watching that Spurs/Mavs series made me sick. With or without contact, those spurs players, particularly Ginobli and Jefferson, were just flopping around everywhere. They should've enforced that flopping rule.
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The wind rises electric. She's soft and warm and almost weightless. Her perfume is sweet promise that brings tears to my eyes. I tell her that everything will be all right; that I'll save her from whatever she's scared and take her far far away. I tell her that I love her. The silencer makes a whisper of the gunshot. I hold her close until she's gone. I'll never know what she was running from. I'll cash her check in the morning.
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