Smart drafting is a wonderful thing. A smart free-agent signing is a wonderful thing. Smart trades are a wonderful thing, and that's a function of management.

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• David Stern:

  I've never found NBA owners to be deferential. I never considered them to be reliant. All that I do

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• David Stern:

  I believe that everyone should participate in democracy and enjoy doing it.

• David Stern:

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• David Stern:

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• David Stern:

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• David Stern:

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• David Stern:

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• David Stern:

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• David Stern:

  I think anyone who doesn't say that they'd like people to think that they're doing the right thing