NBA Commentary: David Stern Is Not a Plantation Overseer

According to several news sources, including ESPN, the NBA and Commissioner David Stern declined comment on Bryant Gumbel's assertion that Stern has come off like a "modern plantation overseer" during the lockout.

Using racially focused remarks, Gumbel said on his HBO show that Stern is "a modern plantation overseer treating NBA men as if they were his boys." I am a fan of Gumbel’s since his groundbreaking days on the "Today Show," but his comments about Stern are over the top.

No plantation owner in history has been so giving of the plantation's wealth as David Stern. If that were not the case, would the players association be in the midst of trying to...

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