No. He stood as an uneducated dumbass who didn't understand business, and acted like he deserved to know the operations of a CEO. Sheed is a millionaire so he can afford to act like that. But people like you who applaud insubordination and disrespect is part of what keeps black people from getting ahead. People like Rasheed are a business owners/manager's worst nightmare.
Make no mistake about it, Rasheed Wallace punked out when it came to taking a stand to back Craig Hodges and Mahmoud Abdul Raouf. Now that it's safe to talk all big, bad and brave he'll do so but, when it was time to ACT big, bad and brave, he punked out just like the rest of them.
Because they was scared of him dude… Stern was his last name he knew every player’s darkest secrets and had all of them in his back pocket. Whenever you see stuff like Allen Iverson ending up in Memphis and then Detroit or good players being forced out of the league just know he’s behind it… he had enough power to get players drafted to their home city so you can only imagine the stuff he makes happen if you got on his bad side
@@theblackpic1111 People general talk well of him now. He was known as a snake while he was still in the position. Yes, a lot of that was brought to light with how he treated AI.
It's funny you soft little flowers think say "most people" though of him as a snake. If "most people" thought of him as a snake then why was he never voted out of his job by the owners? Why was he allowed to make his own salary? Could it be that maybe...just...MAYBE...he was incredibly good at his job. Hard workers hate lazy people and lazy people hate hard workers. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
@@thereal415er Do you really think anyone who made it to the NBA is lazy? It's infuriating to hear people being exploited by these sociopaths parrot their propaganda. ua-cam.com/video/aJHP0VfeOrU/v-deo.htmlsi=cY6Gwz_mQ2Ql8yyL
@@skylerjohnson1192I actually think Rasheed was saying that David Stern was taking 25 mil annually for himself while Shaq, the best player in the league, was only making 19 mil. He pretty much saying David Stern was robbing and unfairly taking too much money from the players.
I truly believe that Stern forced Rod Thorn out of the NBA office. Remember when Thorn was head of operations for the league? Thorn was the one who handed down the suspensions. His name started to get more known, and possibly more powerful, than Stern (although Thorn already had a resume, in Chicago, drafting Jordan). All Thorn did was return to a franchise front office, building a Nets squad that reached two Finals.
Stern had complete trust of NBA owners! He didn’t have to fear anyone taking his spot…even before Stern became commissioner, he was a force in transforming NBA from a money losing league to profitable!
You said a whole lot and said nothing. Yes he drafted Jordan here and all that - what that got to do with Stern kicking him out the league??? People just pile on, they see Rasheed kicking him then fall in line; the NBA would not be anywhere where it is now if it wasn't for David Stern and his leadership!
David Stern was the NBA lawyer who tried to blackball Soencer Haywood when he took his hardship case to the Supreme Court. Haywood, a Detroit native, was blackballed for years trying to get into the Basketball Hall of Fame . I find it ironic how Stern had it in for the basketball team in Haywood's hometown, the Detroit Pistons. I also find it ironic how Haywood was passed over for a spot on the 50 Greatest Players when his basketball career was more accomplished than Pistol Pete's. Nation's leading rebounder. Olympic Team gold medal star ABA ROY winner and MVP. NBA All Star Game MVP. 4 time All NBA. Comeback Player of the Year winner. NBA champion.
They way Stern snaked the Sonics from Seattle was devious. But since the Ewing draft lottery debacle caught on camera he tried to move his sneakiness behind closed doors.
Rasheed Wallace should have his own show period. Sheed is one of the few real ones associated with the NBA and speaks and talks that talk. Drops gems and big time funny. Underrated player. The pistons don't win that chip without him. And David stern ran the NBA like a mafia. It's soft and embarrassing now though
stern was the mastermind behind the rise of the NBA, but if you don,t have the product to make it work ,then all you have is an idea .Sheed is,t bitter he understood the nature of some of the folk, he was never afraid to speak his mind thus became a target. he was right about the ref that was rigging games
What you just said is ironically counterintuitive to what you said “sheed is bitter”, if he’s right about all these lies the league has been telling the public then that means he can be right about other things that will that make him … “bitter”. 😂😂😂 Smuck stuff
Stern's not the boss. He's employed by the bosses (owners). He's paid more because he has responsibilities directly related to the league's profitability.
@boomshakalaka8567 yeah like the ceo of a publicly traded company. He's not the boss but chosen by a board of directors. Some CEO's makes 1000x the wage of their Frontline employeea
David Stern manipulated the NBA and outcomes just like Nascar and the WWE does. It still goes on now, just not as obvious. But trust me the NBA makes their money on them TV deals for game 6 and 7. Watch the finals and playoffs and watch cames just magically always ended up going 6 or 7.
It's no secret. Jordan "retired" to avoid a suspension for gambling. Orchestrated by David Stern. I am probably the biggest Jordan fanboy alive, and I believe it.
Why would the NBA force out the biggest star in the history of the game, who was making them insane amounts of money and maybe was the biggest name in the world? The conspiracy makes zero sense.
Nah it's Stern by far and it's not close. The MJ retirement, Magic fake HIV and Patrick Ewing draft scandal all happened under his watch. He's the conspiracy king
The nba has changed to bring in more casual "fans" instead of fans who actually understand the game on a deeper level. We got people saying that lebron is the goat, but also cannot tell you who Paul George is. We have people telling you certain players are better based off of numbers or highlights they see the next morning, instead of actually watching and dissecting how specific players play (if you're too busy watch the games, you cant say your opinions are right based off of numbers). And worst of all, we have players hyping themselves up on social media because all of the casual nba fans are constantly on the internet, and therefore it nm is easier to have a social media presence than it is to actually prove yourself by pracricing extra hard and performing on the court (for millions and millions of dollars that the average jo will never see in their lifetime). Adam Silver has changed the NBA and ling time viewers see and notice everything because they see how much its changed from decade to decade
Yeah as soon as someone states that Lebron James is the GOAT I immediately know I shouldn't take them seriously. There is so many flaws in his game to ever be considered the GOAT. I can see that their goal was to bring in casual fans across the entire world over the diehard fans that enjoy back and forth basketball that results in a lower scoring game.
@@KebbieG well it's more than just lebron James being an alleged goat. But yes, Adam Silver has change the NBA to draw in the untrained eye because it's a lot more flashy to watch an alley-oop dunk or a crazy 3-point shot, because that isn't fundamental basketball that's just appealing to anybody. The Nba has always been open about how the NFL has more fans than them, so what better way to draw in fan then draw in Casuals who don't actually understand the game but are entertained by the crazy jumping and shooting. And as a result of that, a lot of the fans are now casuals who think they are right based off of a handful of things they just saw online while they're sitting on the toilet, instead of actually forming their own logical opinions based on legitimate basketball knowledge
@@KebbieGhow is MJ the GOAT over Kareem other than the advertising and bias? He wouldn't even be the GOAT over Russell if the awards existed when Russell ran 8 straight. The argument that MJ is unquestionably is laughable, because Kareem is the only correct answer if you saw him play.
He cared about the money. Had nothing to do with race. He got the money and everyone got paid too. Rasheed Wallace with his nationally televised bad behaviour put everyone’s 💰 in danger.
I think sometimes we think we know everything, and yet we don't know enough. When you trying to go somewhere you've never been, and someone whose been there tells you how to BE there, we take offense. An owner of something will always profit more than the employee. If you don't like it, go somewhere else and be an owner or an employee. But if you are there and remain there, figure out how you can coexist or change it diplomatically when it's not yours to orchestrate. Stern wasn't an owner, but he certainly was a conductor.
He and the nba make sure that they only let you see who they want you to see they groom those commissioners young so they know how to move . David saved the nba in the 80s so you know his hands was dirty asf
You mean trying to keep New/Money roustabouts in line so the League thrived and everybody got paid? NBA was a shell when Stern tookover... If you don't like Stern that is fine.. But the results were the Magic, Bird, Jordan Eras and the NBA took off like a rocket ship. Alot of players can't do 2 simple things 1. Get paid 2. Stay out of trouble
You don’t have to like someone to recognize the value they bring to an organization, and if David Stern made the NBA what it was at that time when it was flooding in falling short, and he capitalize on two rookies being magic, invert and turn the NBA around to have money making enterprise, he deserved to make a good salary. He was around when the NBA was about to fall apart in large part he is responsible for what it is today. Certainly, he’s not the only one, but he deserves a lot of credit might not like him, but he deserves credit.
What really turned the NBA around was cable TV, the contract they signed with Ted Turner, before TNT games airing week days, you could only watch your local team games and Network games on Sunday, Celtics playing Lakers or the Knicks
I went to the 2010 NBA All Star game and took a mini plush basketball and sharpie with me in case I ran into any players. David Stern walks past me and nobody else notices him but me. Even though there's a lot of people walking around, there's no crowd around him at all. I hold out my basketball and sharpie and say "Mr. Stern, would you mind if I got an autograph?" He holds his hand out as if to say "no thanks", which I found quite strange. Not wanting to be denied (knowing I'll probably never see him again), I run up ahead of him about 2 sections to where our paths will cross again. Since I"m weaving in and out of the crowd, he doesn't see me running up ahead of him. So, as our paths cross the second time, I hold out the basketball and say, "Mr. Stern, please, if you wouldn't mind, I'd love an autograph". He looks at me like he's completely put out and literally scribbles a line as he's walking without even attempting to sign it (imagine someone literally taking a blink of an eye to scribble nothing). It just blew my mind because it's literally the biggest fan event of the year for the NBA, which he was the commissioner of, and that's how he treated a fan that night. All he had to do was take an extra 3 seconds and it would've made it a great moment. But quite the opposite. He walked off leaving me to think he must be an absolute jerk if that's how he treats a young fan at All Star weekend. Years later someone I know had an encounter with him and said he was an absolute jerk to him as well. It's sad that's the legacy he wanted to leave as a person.
His last name is Stern. He is Jewish. That community/religion of people only have love for their money first and descendants second. That is it ! They are empty soulesss profit earning vessels for the most part. It's a passionless existence really.
So much so he orchestrated the rigging of playoff games. Kings vs Lakers 2002 Game 6 was a prime example. Anyone that says pro sports game's can't be rigged are living in a fairytale world.
@@masonorosco1090he wasn’t the only one, it was him and Dick Emberson… long story short that’s the dude who use to direct for the Olympics and the WWF back in the day so that should tell you how fake mainstream sports are 😂😂😂😂😂
Reminds me of slavery like when they had the black people entertain the white people during slavery now they use athletes that think that paper money has real value in a created non free America.
Stern was a G. Bet Bonzi didn't say shiy to him when he was alive. Stern ran the league, the league didn't run him. The nba was a better oroduct when he was in charge. RIP
He also was a false narrative setter that used players up til franchises benefited greatly off their talents and got rid of them at his own disposal even if they were still highly productive and capable!
A lot of Bootlicking in these comments. Sheed may not be your favorite player/person but he made a good point. Stern may have overseen the league but the players made the league. Who was a bigger impact on the NBA Stern or Magic? Stern or BIrd? Stern or Jordan? Stern oversaw the league but he wasn't the league nor bigger than the league. Sheed can comment on it because he played for the league and dealt with him so he has better prospective on him than any of us. It is just too bad Stern isn't here to defend himself that's the only issue.
Ain't no damn bootlicking. This is just the wrong guy speaking. Yes he did play in the league, but he was also bad for the league on more than one level. If Sheed felt like that he should found a different line of work or played for another league. Even now he takes no responsibility for his actions. I've noticed players from the era Sheed played in want to be seen as hard tough guys, street dudes or fighters. Some of them seem like they never grew up just gotten older.
Yep bootlicking like I said. So you know him personally to make these assumptions? Do you hear other players saying what you are saying about him? Why should he get a new line of work when somebody was always willing to pay him for his services? I dont think Sheed needs to make it look like a tough guy or street dude he pretty much is the same person he was when he was playing. He has grown to the point he now coaches. Stern obviously wasn't well liked and him getting paid more than Shaq is a good question to ask also Sheed should feel some type way if Stern didn't acknowledge him that's their beef not yours or mine. @@Milt-g4f
Agree 100%. I would rarely speak ill of the dead because they can't defend themselves. Stern was an ultra-shrewd business man who exhibited asshole characteristics most men with power have. That's nothing new. Thing is, Rasheed obviously didn't have a cool head. There are plenty of former players--Isaiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, etc.--who had positive experiences with Stearn, because knew how to 'play the game OFF THE COURT'. Sheed wouldn't play those games, and that's probably why he's speaking ill of the man today.
Stern had as big an impact as all the players you named as he was instrumental in these players getting the exposure they did, they were household names around the world. because of Stern and his team. Magic, Bird nor Jordan was at the table negotiating for TV contracts and rights. The Dream Team, which was instrumental in the game going global and being what it is today was largely do to Stern. Players play, they have nothing to do with the business of basketball. In today's game they have some input bu this business is driven by the owners who look upon the commissioner to carry out the business of making the business profitable. From that standpoint players are secondary, they come and go. Owners remain. Magic, Bird and Jordan are long gone but the league keeps rolling because of the owners. Its just like being on UA-cam...You can be become a star influencer,., have million of followers on you channel and make major bank but you're never going to be bigger than UA-cam who gives you the platform to do what you do. No player will ever become bigger than the NBA...
Stern came in the same year as Jordan also before he got there the nba was full of drug addicts now did he make the league more corporate yes but it probably was for the better
You’re the only person I ever heard say he was trash …none of the starts from back in the day have said that , sheed mad at how much he was making well he should’ve been mad at the owners for paying it because they didn’t have too but they chose to
Stern built the NBA up so that Shaq can make $19 million at the time. Who do you think negotiated all of those network deals & etc.? Stern was a great Commissioner.
This is completely wrong and ass backwards. Michael Jordan built the NBa into a worldwide sports power and players like Shaq continued it. When you have a 7'1" 300 lb phenom that can run and jump like a fucking gazelle, negotiating tv deals is VERY easy. Millions of people want to watch Shaq play. These middle men don't make the game, the players and coaches do.
Actually what Rasheed & like half the folks in our country don't understand, is how capitalism works. The only reason Shaq, Rasheed, other players in the league & the coaches & much of the supporting staff, were earning the level of coin they managed to, is because Stern was doing what he was doing. Like him or not, he was the guy that led the NBA to another level of prosperity.
@thetruth3454 Hello 'The Truth'....the 'truth' is Stern needed the product which in this case was Magic & Bird but without him, without the 'right guy', knowing exactly how to promote, market & sell that next level of talent, the NBA's financial explosion would not have happened. We can only guess & have an opinion. Mine is because we've seen capitalism work 1000's of times with mediocre workers & great leaders, I don't think that great talent & poor leadership would have gotten the job done
This is real talk not fluff. Sheed is about that life and keeps it 💯. It’s the Wallace Family (peace to Malcolm and Muhammed) straight from G-Town (TSSV). That’s why we have rocked with him since Boyer Street. If you know you know….#Philly215
He understood that for what they got paid players were the attraction and he forced them to be the attraction. He punished them when they fail to obliige. Do you like the NBA today? So you own your thanks mainly to 2 guys; David Stern and Michael Jordan.
I dont agree with Sheed questioning David Stern's salary. Being the head of the league requires a lot more than just ordinary brain power. David Stern was getting paid for his brains, experience and expertise. I mean there's no point comparing that to Shaq's physical attributes lol But it just goes to show that in this world we live in, being educated and smart is still more valuable to society. And lets not forget David Stern was a powerful lawyer who practiced in New York. I mean those guys over there are the most arrogant mfs lol So i mean he knew he was powerful and that was the culture he lived in..
You’re applying traditional capitalism thought to the NBA. Pro athletics are different. Stern is MUCH more easy to replace than Shaq. Shaq is the reason people watch-not Stern. Stern is no exceptional talent-just a guy. NBA is carried by the marketability of its star players. This is not Amazon or low skilled labor.
I teach my Children to not worry about the teacher but only think about what they are teaching. In order to hear you have to respect the mouth the words are coming out of. Liking someone isn't important. Having a plan will deflect obstacles in your way because obstacles in all shapes and sizes will be there.
That is a myth. The ratings for the NBA finals were higher before Magic and Bird played in the finals. Before Magic or Bird got into the NBA. Go pull the NBA rating over the years, it will shock you how that lie is so fully believed.
@@mlayton1904 yeah, but it’s fluff. They probably have sold televisions to China and they watch and so it’s added to the viewership. It’s clearly, a more inferior product today.
David Stern’s NBA was much better than Adam Silver’s NBA. Not from a player relations standpoint, but from a business and entertainment standpoint. I think we all can agree that we enjoyed to watch basketball through and through until about 5 seasons ago when the likes of some players ruin the game.
@@keethw.8113you nailed it and anyone who says or thinks different is a clown. Stern was an awesome commissioner period. League went to trash from minute one of him stepping down. This is one of the dumbest and most disrespectful interviews I’ve ever seen and I like Rasheed but honestly it’s these type of interviews that make me despise pro athletes more and more. Utterly clueless. “Stern was making more than Shaq” you all wouldn’t have made jack squat had Stern not elevated the NBA to the level he did. He ran that league brilliantly. I would give anything to go back to 80s,90s and early 2000s era NBA hoops.
@@omniamericana2172 Fool this basketball. Take your hotep ass on somewhere. Labor? I didn't know playing basketball while making $156 million(Rasheed's career earning) is considered labor.
It always kills me when people cape for the elites. Stern may have marketed stars over teams and it worked but he wasn’t the product. These owners don’t care about y’all
The players knew if they wanted to play in the NBA they couldn't disrespect David Stern, Stern is the main reason Isaiah Thomas CBA League went bankrupt and he didn't want the Bad Boy image to represent the 92 Olympic Dream Team, Stern didn't have problem with Zeke not being on the team, the league was changes their image, Zeke said the league changed so MJ could win
As a former employee of the NBA David Stern took a league that was weeks away from Bankruptcy to a multi billion dollar corporation. With that said he did a lot of shady things to keep the machine running and making money.
I understand what Sheed is saying. But the league was near bankruptcy and having the finals tape delayed before he took over. By the time Stern retired the game was global force and racked in billions of dollars. And players even if they're just depth players are now making millions. He is probably the best commissioner in sports in the last 50-75 years outside of pete roselle.
Sheed is most likely stretching it a bit. NBA Players are nothing more than marketable, profitable EMPLOYEES. The NBA and Madison Avenue, make the rules and call the shots.
He visited my school at Umass Amherst before his passing months later and he opened it up for questioning and said ask me anything dont hold back and all the die hard analytical students destroyed him I loved every second of it
I don't think it's wrong for owners and higher ups to make more money than the players. Is there a commissioner in any professional sport that doesn't make more than the players?
They are just wrong Stern never earned 30-32 Mill a year. He was at about $20 million. He also helped grow the league into what it is today. So they can talk trash all day but with out Stern guiding the NBA they would not have been making the money they were making. Larry OBrein was good but the league took off when Stern took over.
To Stern's defense, Dude took Magic and Larry and marketed the leauge like a MOTHER F$CKER... The numbers players are seeing today was because of "King" David.🤷🏿♂️
Stern and the NBA used racism and their skills as ball players to market Magic Johnson and Larry bird. Lol it worked because nobody was watching the NBA until they came into the league.
David Stern was a great guy and well respected throughout the NBA. Don’t let these 2 fool u these guys were constantly arguing with refs getting T’d up now they’re talking down on good ppl who can’t defend themselves. RIP David Stern 🙏
Dude was not a good dude. He no real denial for the ref who was caught gambling and exposed how the NBA brass told them to fix outcomes. He also was known to treat certain players really bad. He didn’t like tattoos, even though it is a personal choice and they were not offensive
@@nunyabusiness1755 U don’t know that man personally. A lot of players did love him and saw him as a father figure. He did act like that sometimes and was strict sometimes because he wanted the NBA to be represented the right way. David Stern did a great job in the NBA. Don’t speak down on people u don’t know personally. Too many ppl do that these days and that’s a weak trait.
Stern made it so these black athletes are getting more paid hundreds of millions these 2 were on the recreated the name jail blazers for there thuggish street ball ways and menaces off the court.
I was in Portland when Sheed was there and he was relentless on referees even when he was “guilty”. He was insufferable many times and they lost games as a result. He can call Stern a tyrant all he wants but I bet if he was alive they would try to get him back! That’s why Silver and the owners are trying to reel in this player empowerment that’s taken the league in the wrong direction. This league is in trouble, 35% drop in viewership since the pandemic. I don’t watch it. They have to really sell it to get viewers and it’s not working.
The NBA style of play today is pure shit. Garbage!!! It's the least entertaining to watch ever in its history. Commissioner Adam Silver is not built to be a leader of men. He sat & allowed the game to turn into a three point contest, players overrun the league with load management & refusing to play whenever they can't get their way. Fan viewership has been steadily dropping like a bowling ball under his leadership while he's claiming it's the greatest game in the world. Now he's supposedly soliciting the advice of one LeBron James, the most self-absorbed player in the history of the game, on how to improve the game as if LeBron cares about anything or anybody other than himself. Adam Silver is officially clueless & whatever he & LeBron has going on they should use it to start their own league in the LBGTQ community where I'm sure they both will be very happy. And take Draymond Green & Dwayne Wade with them while they're at it.
Considering chinas impact on the league (and viewership)…. there’s many variable outside of the quality of the product that the nba produces and bullshit politics, pure business conversation that people try to muddy up until it devolves into social Justice issues. It’s not, talk all you want it’s not, More has to do with the general decline in people watching television….. I don’t have a cable, haven’t had it ever 🤷🏽♂️
It’s down cause it isn’t as good as before…. And Sheed wasn’t insufferable. I was in Portland too. Sheed was a young emotional man. He needed vets that could hold him accountable. Also Portland tried to make him the go to man, the superstar. But that wasn’t him. He just wanted to be one of the guys even tho he had superstar talent
People hate authority figures that hold them accountable. My theory is if you feel strongly about your dislike for people that sign your checks…quit!!! Own your own league and you can do whatever you want.
Surprised at Sheed’s lack of business savvy or NBA history. Maybe the ignorance stems from personal dislike of Stern who contributed tremendously to the global expansion of the league, creating enormous wealth for players like Sheed. No group of black men on this earth collectively earn the type of money the NBA pays them. Isiah Thomas, MJ and Magic would provide better insight. Stern was indeed a bully - he would be the first to admit - but he was also a visionary and easily the best commissioner in sports history. No comparison between him and, say, Goodell. RIP.
Wtf that have to do with doing his job and putting bread in their pockets? Some of these mofos on some funny shit as well, lets be real about that. Dwight howard, exhibit a
David was snake, and it gets me that as wm, he was given so much power over a predominantly black organization, to be a overseer. Until they stop that type of crap, the NBA will never be credible.
Now the players are running the yard and are abusing the system, load management and weak practices and not honoring their contracts, we need a david stern.
Y’all got think that money is getting tax a lot. Even tho he bring in 19m’s. They taxing that all the way down depend on state income taxes if living cali thats about 9.2m’s after taxes come through
@@blacklikehistory, taxes are ridiculous on that type of money, but that’s still a ridiculous amount of net money too…no matter how you try to spin it.
Rasheed Wallace doesn’t understand why David Stern commanded a large salary. Stern is the architect of the modern NBA’s corporate structure. He helped to bring in sponsorship, tv deals etc boosting profits for both owners and players alike. During the days when half the league were coke heads, he assisted in cleaning up the image of the league and made it more palatable for both national and international audiences. He helped to facilitate the merger between the NBA and ABA. He brought in salary cap and league wide drug testing. Rather than market teams like the NFL does, he chose to make superstar players the face of the league. He pushed to send star players to represent in the Olympics rather than college athletes. That man has done a lot for basketball both in the U.S. and abroad. You don’t have to like him but show some respect.
David Stern reminded me of a shrewd slave master style businessman. Even though I understand why he felt he had to run the NBA the way he did but I prefer Adam Silver more balanced approach. Respect to Stern nonetheless for growing the league into what it is now but there were casualties to that growth.
Rasheed I hear you my brother and I got nothing but love for you as you were a tar heel and I’m a die hard fan. But we gotta get our people to understand he can make more then the top athlete because it’s their league Brother not yours you are a product of the league. You wanna change things start your own league. The bigger question should be all these guys making billions now why are they not starting their own league that should be the question. Cause it makes no sense to me why they are not doing that. You can’t question them about their busniness when it’s their league. Same as if it were you and your peoples league they couldn’t question you about anything why because it’s yours you run it as you see fit
I hear you but there's no way that could happen. Simply not possible. There are all kind of obstacles in place to prevent precisely such a thing from happening on the largest scales - Sheed would quickly find owners unwilling to do business with him; business outlets outright refusing, etc. Stern had the backing of the Tribe and their multitude of affiliates. Never gonna happen - he'd be taking hundreds-of-billions of dollars from these people if something like that were allowed to happen.
Sheed ain’t say sh!t outta line🤷🏾♂️Stern was a Sports Slave master🌈 basically just like every Commissioner or Owner🤷🏾♂️ Same things goes on in the workforce.. Can’t talk down on the Boss even if it’s the TRUTH or you’ll become the Villain for having a backbone💯💪🏾
@@jakep1979yes, they making millions, but the owners and league making even more. It's not about money, it's the mentality. Get out of line, and they'll bounce u out the league like a bball.
Big shout to Rasheed Wallace. You stood as man while many others punked out!
No. He stood as an uneducated dumbass who didn't understand business, and acted like he deserved to know the operations of a CEO. Sheed is a millionaire so he can afford to act like that. But people like you who applaud insubordination and disrespect is part of what keeps black people from getting ahead.
People like Rasheed are a business owners/manager's worst nightmare.
He comes off really unintelligent and emotional in this tbhhh
@@guccidonbuzzflightyear4440 100% agree. Not sure why we look at people who act like this and call them real men. Ridiculous.
Make no mistake about it, Rasheed Wallace punked out when it came to taking a stand to back Craig Hodges and Mahmoud Abdul Raouf. Now that it's safe to talk all big, bad and brave he'll do so but, when it was time to ACT big, bad and brave, he punked out just like the rest of them.
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Act like what exactly ?
“Every great cause starts as a movement, becomes a business and eventually degenerates into a racket.”
Sheed could walk into any HOUSE anywhere in metro Detroit, not restaurant, HOUSE and get a free meal. Dude is still loved here like crazy.
THE NEED FOR SHEED!
Everyone viewed him as emperor palpatine. Smart man with massive short dude energy.
Bonzi Wells man growing up a Blazer fan this dude was nasty in his prime
A serious problem
It’s weird how the Stern narrative changed once he passed. Most people thought of him as a snake.
Because they was scared of him dude… Stern was his last name he knew every player’s darkest secrets and had all of them in his back pocket. Whenever you see stuff like Allen Iverson ending up in Memphis and then Detroit or good players being forced out of the league just know he’s behind it… he had enough power to get players drafted to their home city so you can only imagine the stuff he makes happen if you got on his bad side
@@theblackpic1111 People general talk well of him now. He was known as a snake while he was still in the position. Yes, a lot of that was brought to light with how he treated AI.
It's funny you soft little flowers think say "most people" though of him as a snake. If "most people" thought of him as a snake then why was he never voted out of his job by the owners? Why was he allowed to make his own salary? Could it be that maybe...just...MAYBE...he was incredibly good at his job. Hard workers hate lazy people and lazy people hate hard workers. Don't hate the player, hate the game.
@@thereal415erspoken like a true boot licker applause for you Mr. Cuck 👏 🙌🎉
@@thereal415er Do you really think anyone who made it to the NBA is lazy? It's infuriating to hear people being exploited by these sociopaths parrot their propaganda.
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Times are really hard now….”19 million was a lot of money back then”…..
WAIT WHATTTTTTT!!!!
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19 mil was a lot like 1 million was a lot in the 80s. THINK A LITTLE
He saying Shaq was the best player making $19 million. In context, Bradley Beal is making $47 million this upcoming season. That's what he said that.
@@L2Ngaming maybe you should try to think a bit pal.
Just remember that sarcasm is NOT a foreign language!!🙄
@@skylerjohnson1192I actually think Rasheed was saying that David Stern was taking 25 mil annually for himself while Shaq, the best player in the league, was only making 19 mil. He pretty much saying David Stern was robbing and unfairly taking too much money from the players.
@@user-gm5gc1be4w Not a lot different from what Roger Godell does in the NFL.
I truly believe that Stern forced Rod Thorn out of the NBA office. Remember when Thorn was head of operations for the league? Thorn was the one who handed down the suspensions. His name started to get more known, and possibly more powerful, than Stern (although Thorn already had a resume, in Chicago, drafting Jordan). All Thorn did was return to a franchise front office, building a Nets squad that reached two Finals.
Rod Thorn was the truth really
I disagree. Thorn wanted to run a team.
Stern had complete trust of NBA owners! He didn’t have to fear anyone taking his spot…even before Stern became commissioner, he was a force in transforming NBA from a money losing league to profitable!
I don't know if it's a conspiracy. Thorn was just good at a lot of things with basketball. Damn good player too
You said a whole lot and said nothing. Yes he drafted Jordan here and all that - what that got to do with Stern kicking him out the league??? People just pile on, they see Rasheed kicking him then fall in line; the NBA would not be anywhere where it is now if it wasn't for David Stern and his leadership!
David Stern was the NBA lawyer who tried to blackball Soencer Haywood when he took his hardship case to the Supreme Court.
Haywood, a Detroit native, was blackballed for years trying to get into the Basketball Hall of Fame .
I find it ironic how Stern had it in for the basketball team in Haywood's hometown, the Detroit Pistons.
I also find it ironic how Haywood was passed over for a spot on the 50 Greatest Players when his basketball career was more accomplished than Pistol Pete's.
Nation's leading rebounder.
Olympic Team gold medal star
ABA ROY winner and MVP.
NBA All Star Game MVP.
4 time All NBA.
Comeback Player of the Year winner.
NBA champion.
He Blackballed Kareem too.
He also told Carmelo Anthony that he wasn’t allowed to build boys and girls clubs in the city of Baltimore.
@@troywest1724 why was that?
@@123slasher.16 You know why… crime pays the judiciary system and the prison system. A lot of employees in both sectors that have formed as one unit.
@@troywest1724 you really believe that
They way Stern snaked the Sonics from Seattle was devious. But since the Ewing draft lottery debacle caught on camera he tried to move his sneakiness behind closed doors.
Rasheed Wallace should have his own show period. Sheed is one of the few real ones associated with the NBA and speaks and talks that talk. Drops gems and big time funny. Underrated player. The pistons don't win that chip without him. And David stern ran the NBA like a mafia. It's soft and embarrassing now though
Under achieving player, like Derrick Coleman he had the talent to be an all-time great.
@@Blacklist324 DC should have been bigger
It should be called "Pod Don't Lie".
@@netrade3898😂 Yesssss!!!!!
David Stern knew Sheed well enough to not come at him in a disrespectful way. And Sheed knew, David knew that too!✌️
This kind of thinking is primitive.
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@boomshakalaka8567 cool story lady
Or they just playing they parts remember they get emails
What do you think he's going to do? Go to jail and ruin his career over some tough words? 😂😂 The league was in a better place when Stern was commish.
The good part of social media is lots of stuff that happened then is getting exposed 😂
shit that didnt need to be exposed or effects anyone
stern was the mastermind behind the rise of the NBA, but if you don,t have the product to make it work ,then all you have is an idea .Sheed is,t bitter he understood the nature of some of the folk, he was never afraid to speak his mind thus became a target. he was right about the ref that was rigging games
What you just said is ironically counterintuitive to what you said “sheed is bitter”, if he’s right about all these lies the league has been telling the public then that means he can be right about other things that will that make him … “bitter”. 😂😂😂
Smuck stuff
@keymusabe7207 I ment isn't bitter , my fault. Didn't you see the t, ? my fault but you couldn,t comprehend my comment over a missed letter ?
@@lead_guitarist9489you comprehend what's in front of you or what you gather directly from your senses.
Literally every industry. The boss makes more than the front-line employees busting their ass.
Stern's not the boss. He's employed by the bosses (owners). He's paid more because he has responsibilities directly related to the league's profitability.
@boomshakalaka8567 yeah like the ceo of a publicly traded company. He's not the boss but chosen by a board of directors. Some CEO's makes 1000x the wage of their Frontline employeea
Sad thing to say but the NBA was all around better to watch, better promoted and better regulated when David Stern was in charge.
DARTH Stern wasn't better. He was a tyrant with a napoleon complex.
Major cap !
Nostalgia mfs be like.
Disagree wholeheartedly
I've rewatched older games......trash
David Stern manipulated the NBA and outcomes just like Nascar and the WWE does. It still goes on now, just not as obvious. But trust me the NBA makes their money on them TV deals for game 6 and 7. Watch the finals and playoffs and watch cames just magically always ended up going 6 or 7.
It's no secret. Jordan "retired" to avoid a suspension for gambling. Orchestrated by David Stern. I am probably the biggest Jordan fanboy alive, and I believe it.
100% correct and despite the laughter MJ confirmed it with
if the Bulls will have me, if David Stern lets me back in the league, I may come back."
Why would the NBA force out the biggest star in the history of the game, who was making them insane amounts of money and maybe was the biggest name in the world? The conspiracy makes zero sense.
Stern went to the grave with the most secrets of anyone ever involved in professional sports.
I don't know, Roger Goodell would give him a run for his money...
Really!?!
@@Rezenave01Paul taglibue remember he had the 70's 80's and 90's not that media coverage no social media lots of shyt was swept under the rug
Nah it's Stern by far and it's not close. The MJ retirement, Magic fake HIV and Patrick Ewing draft scandal all happened under his watch. He's the conspiracy king
@@sherbstonewhat stuff happened Paul league?
The nba has changed to bring in more casual "fans" instead of fans who actually understand the game on a deeper level. We got people saying that lebron is the goat, but also cannot tell you who Paul George is. We have people telling you certain players are better based off of numbers or highlights they see the next morning, instead of actually watching and dissecting how specific players play (if you're too busy watch the games, you cant say your opinions are right based off of numbers). And worst of all, we have players hyping themselves up on social media because all of the casual nba fans are constantly on the internet, and therefore it nm is easier to have a social media presence than it is to actually prove yourself by pracricing extra hard and performing on the court (for millions and millions of dollars that the average jo will never see in their lifetime). Adam Silver has changed the NBA and ling time viewers see and notice everything because they see how much its changed from decade to decade
Yeah as soon as someone states that Lebron James is the GOAT I immediately know I shouldn't take them seriously. There is so many flaws in his game to ever be considered the GOAT. I can see that their goal was to bring in casual fans across the entire world over the diehard fans that enjoy back and forth basketball that results in a lower scoring game.
@@KebbieG well it's more than just lebron James being an alleged goat. But yes, Adam Silver has change the NBA to draw in the untrained eye because it's a lot more flashy to watch an alley-oop dunk or a crazy 3-point shot, because that isn't fundamental basketball that's just appealing to anybody. The Nba has always been open about how the NFL has more fans than them, so what better way to draw in fan then draw in Casuals who don't actually understand the game but are entertained by the crazy jumping and shooting. And as a result of that, a lot of the fans are now casuals who think they are right based off of a handful of things they just saw online while they're sitting on the toilet, instead of actually forming their own logical opinions based on legitimate basketball knowledge
@@KebbieGSo who is your "GOAT"
@@jaysonwilliam850 Even though I despise Jordan he is the only choice. The 4 next to him are Chamberlain, Kareem, Bird, Russell.
@@KebbieGhow is MJ the GOAT over Kareem other than the advertising and bias? He wouldn't even be the GOAT over Russell if the awards existed when Russell ran 8 straight. The argument that MJ is unquestionably is laughable, because Kareem is the only correct answer if you saw him play.
Hated stern he didn't care about the black athletes he cared the money the black athletes brung in
He cared about the money. Had nothing to do with race. He got the money and everyone got paid too. Rasheed Wallace with his nationally televised bad behaviour put everyone’s 💰 in danger.
And without stern the league would have made alot less money and those black players would make alot less money
U sound like a woman tryna play victim
Boo hoo we always putting emotion in business
That was his job genius. Foh
I think sometimes we think we know everything, and yet we don't know enough. When you trying to go somewhere you've never been, and someone whose been there tells you how to BE there, we take offense. An owner of something will always profit more than the employee. If you don't like it, go somewhere else and be an owner or an employee. But if you are there and remain there, figure out how you can coexist or change it diplomatically when it's not yours to orchestrate. Stern wasn't an owner, but he certainly was a conductor.
If only people could have seen the way David Stern operated behind closed doors...
He and the nba make sure that they only let you see who they want you to see they groom those commissioners young so they know how to move . David saved the nba in the 80s so you know his hands was dirty asf
I'm sure his wife did.
def. at Epstein island
I’m sure you know how he operated behind closed doors right? Mr UA-cam comment poster sure you had a seat in all the closed door meetings. Clown
You mean trying to keep New/Money roustabouts in line so the League thrived and everybody got paid? NBA was a shell when Stern tookover... If you don't like Stern that is fine.. But the results were the Magic, Bird, Jordan Eras and the NBA took off like a rocket ship. Alot of players can't do 2 simple things 1. Get paid 2. Stay out of trouble
man thanks for the interview ! these two personalities should start a podcast
You don’t have to like someone to recognize the value they bring to an organization, and if David Stern made the NBA what it was at that time when it was flooding in falling short, and he capitalize on two rookies being magic, invert and turn the NBA around to have money making enterprise, he deserved to make a good salary. He was around when the NBA was about to fall apart in large part he is responsible for what it is today. Certainly, he’s not the only one, but he deserves a lot of credit might not like him, but he deserves credit.
What really turned the NBA around was cable TV, the contract they signed with Ted Turner, before TNT games airing week days, you could only watch your local team games and Network games on Sunday, Celtics playing Lakers or the Knicks
I went to the 2010 NBA All Star game and took a mini plush basketball and sharpie with me in case I ran into any players. David Stern walks past me and nobody else notices him but me. Even though there's a lot of people walking around, there's no crowd around him at all. I hold out my basketball and sharpie and say "Mr. Stern, would you mind if I got an autograph?" He holds his hand out as if to say "no thanks", which I found quite strange. Not wanting to be denied (knowing I'll probably never see him again), I run up ahead of him about 2 sections to where our paths will cross again. Since I"m weaving in and out of the crowd, he doesn't see me running up ahead of him. So, as our paths cross the second time, I hold out the basketball and say, "Mr. Stern, please, if you wouldn't mind, I'd love an autograph". He looks at me like he's completely put out and literally scribbles a line as he's walking without even attempting to sign it (imagine someone literally taking a blink of an eye to scribble nothing). It just blew my mind because it's literally the biggest fan event of the year for the NBA, which he was the commissioner of, and that's how he treated a fan that night. All he had to do was take an extra 3 seconds and it would've made it a great moment. But quite the opposite. He walked off leaving me to think he must be an absolute jerk if that's how he treats a young fan at All Star weekend. Years later someone I know had an encounter with him and said he was an absolute jerk to him as well. It's sad that's the legacy he wanted to leave as a person.
Qpp
Don’t meet your idols comes to mind. I’m sure he wasn’t yours but you get the gist.
He doesn’t owe you shit
His last name is Stern. He is Jewish. That community/religion of people only have love for their money first and descendants second. That is it ! They are empty soulesss profit earning vessels for the most part. It's a passionless existence really.
@@vincentvaldez6459that’s not owing him anything that’s just being a decent public figure
David Stern was Exactly who I thought he was!
he was HIM.
Still better than Adam Silver!
Stern had the FBI behind him. Stern knew everything, and I mean everything. That power mofo knew he could snatch your whole career.
Say what you want about Stern but he understood that the players were the attraction.
So much so he orchestrated the rigging of playoff games. Kings vs Lakers 2002 Game 6 was a prime example. Anyone that says pro sports game's can't be rigged are living in a fairytale world.
@@masonorosco1090he wasn’t the only one, it was him and Dick Emberson… long story short that’s the dude who use to direct for the Olympics and the WWF back in the day so that should tell you how fake mainstream sports are 😂😂😂😂😂
@@masonorosco1090Facts, any game that involves money can & will be fixed.
Reminds me of slavery like when they had the black people entertain the white people during slavery now they use athletes that think that paper money has real value in a created non free America.
@@NeverTakeJust1 What Shaq use to do to the Kings was criminal. I never seen a player dominate a team in my life like Shaq use to dog walk the Kings
Stern wasn't there to be your friend. He was there to run the NBA. These players feel so entitled.
Love Sheed. Once a Knick, always a Knick.
He's a Piston.
2012-2013 I believe
Stern had beef with Rasheed but didn't keep Rasheed off the All-Star team.
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Stern was a G. Bet Bonzi didn't say shiy to him when he was alive. Stern ran the league, the league didn't run him. The nba was a better oroduct when he was in charge. RIP
Stop it
Stern had “little man syndrome”.
He also was a false narrative setter that used players up til franchises benefited greatly off their talents and got rid of them at his own disposal even if they were still highly productive and capable!
Sheed be telling them stories cracking me up.
A lot of Bootlicking in these comments. Sheed may not be your favorite player/person but he made a good point. Stern may have overseen the league but the players made the league. Who was a bigger impact on the NBA Stern or Magic? Stern or BIrd? Stern or Jordan? Stern oversaw the league but he wasn't the league nor bigger than the league. Sheed can comment on it because he played for the league and dealt with him so he has better prospective on him than any of us. It is just too bad Stern isn't here to defend himself that's the only issue.
Ain't no damn bootlicking. This is just the wrong guy speaking. Yes he did play in the league, but he was also bad for the league on more than one level. If Sheed felt like that he should found a different line of work or played for another league. Even now he takes no responsibility for his actions. I've noticed players from the era Sheed played in want to be seen as hard tough guys, street dudes or fighters. Some of them seem like they never grew up just gotten older.
Yep bootlicking like I said. So you know him personally to make these assumptions? Do you hear other players saying what you are saying about him? Why should he get a new line of work when somebody was always willing to pay him for his services? I dont think Sheed needs to make it look like a tough guy or street dude he pretty much is the same person he was when he was playing. He has grown to the point he now coaches. Stern obviously wasn't well liked and him getting paid more than Shaq is a good question to ask also Sheed should feel some type way if Stern didn't acknowledge him that's their beef not yours or mine. @@Milt-g4f
Bruh💯🤣😂🤣They brown nosing in the comment section🤣 Stern was a 🌈Racist Jew💯 Alpha Men ain’t going for it
Agree 100%. I would rarely speak ill of the dead because they can't defend themselves. Stern was an ultra-shrewd business man who exhibited asshole characteristics most men with power have. That's nothing new. Thing is, Rasheed obviously didn't have a cool head. There are plenty of former players--Isaiah Thomas, Magic Johnson, etc.--who had positive experiences with Stearn, because knew how to 'play the game OFF THE COURT'. Sheed wouldn't play those games, and that's probably why he's speaking ill of the man today.
Stern had as big an impact as all the players you named as he was instrumental in these players getting the exposure they did, they were household names around the world. because of Stern and his team. Magic, Bird nor Jordan was at the table negotiating for TV contracts and rights. The Dream Team, which was instrumental in the game going global and being what it is today was largely do to Stern. Players play, they have nothing to do with the business of basketball. In today's game they have some input bu this business is driven by the owners who look upon the commissioner to carry out the business of making the business profitable. From that standpoint players are secondary, they come and go. Owners remain. Magic, Bird and Jordan are long gone but the league keeps rolling because of the owners. Its just like being on UA-cam...You can be become a star influencer,., have million of followers on you channel and make major bank but you're never going to be bigger than UA-cam who gives you the platform to do what you do. No player will ever become bigger than the NBA...
Rasheed speaks like a Philly sports fan. Brutal truth.
I mean he is from north philly
David Stern was trash! 🤨 He was lucky that Magic, Larry, Jordan and Isiah came along and saved the League! It wasn't stern!
Stern came in the same year as Jordan also before he got there the nba was full of drug addicts now did he make the league more corporate yes but it probably was for the better
Stern saved the NBA. Easy!!!
@@bootlegsports1146No he didn’t. That’s your stupid opinion. The players saved it.
You’re the only person I ever heard say he was trash …none of the starts from back in the day have said that , sheed mad at how much he was making well he should’ve been mad at the owners for paying it because they didn’t have too but they chose to
So there wasn't no talented stars before those guys?
We already know he was a crook.
how was he a crook?
Stern built the NBA up so that Shaq can make $19 million at the time. Who do you think negotiated all of those network deals & etc.? Stern was a great Commissioner.
Exactly, I just said that.
Indeed, he was a great commissioner and ambassador for the game...Sounds like he was also an asshole...
Great business man doesn’t mean great person morally and principle wise cmon man
@@Blacklist324A monkey can sell the nba.
This is completely wrong and ass backwards. Michael Jordan built the NBa into a worldwide sports power and players like Shaq continued it. When you have a 7'1" 300 lb phenom that can run and jump like a fucking gazelle, negotiating tv deals is VERY easy. Millions of people want to watch Shaq play. These middle men don't make the game, the players and coaches do.
That's actually EXACTLY how I'd think the CEO of a major international coroporation worth billions of dollars would act.
Actually what Rasheed & like half the folks in our country don't understand, is how capitalism works. The only reason Shaq, Rasheed, other players in the league & the coaches & much of the supporting staff, were earning the level of coin they managed to, is because Stern was doing what he was doing. Like him or not, he was the guy that led the NBA to another level of prosperity.
I give more credit to the superstars of the late 80s and 90s before I give it to sternn
@thetruth3454 Hello 'The Truth'....the 'truth' is Stern needed the product which in this case was Magic & Bird but without him, without the 'right guy', knowing exactly how to promote, market & sell that next level of talent, the NBA's financial explosion would not have happened. We can only guess & have an opinion. Mine is because we've seen capitalism work 1000's of times with mediocre workers & great leaders, I don't think that great talent & poor leadership would have gotten the job done
Real shit Sheed!
This is real talk not fluff.
Sheed is about that life and keeps it 💯. It’s the Wallace Family (peace to Malcolm and Muhammed) straight from G-Town (TSSV).
That’s why we have rocked with him since Boyer Street. If you know you know….#Philly215
The NBA was way better under Stern even if he was an idiot
Stern is a poozy
stern may have been a scumbag but he wasn't an idiot.
Nope
He understood that for what they got paid players were the attraction and he forced them to be the attraction. He punished them when they fail to obliige. Do you like the NBA today? So you own your thanks mainly to 2 guys; David Stern and Michael Jordan.
David Stern Was NOT Who You Think!. LMFAO! Neither are the players.
I dont agree with Sheed questioning David Stern's salary. Being the head of the league requires a lot more than just ordinary brain power. David Stern was getting paid for his brains, experience and expertise. I mean there's no point comparing that to Shaq's physical attributes lol
But it just goes to show that in this world we live in, being educated and smart is still more valuable to society.
And lets not forget David Stern was a powerful lawyer who practiced in New York. I mean those guys over there are the most arrogant mfs lol
So i mean he knew he was powerful and that was the culture he lived in..
You’re applying traditional capitalism thought to the NBA. Pro athletics are different. Stern is MUCH more easy to replace than Shaq. Shaq is the reason people watch-not Stern. Stern is no exceptional talent-just a guy. NBA is carried by the marketability of its star players. This is not Amazon or low skilled labor.
Stern just applied an arbitrary number to himself-because he could. Not because that’s what he was worth.
I teach my Children to not worry about the teacher but only think about what they are teaching. In order to hear you have to respect the mouth the words are coming out of. Liking someone isn't important. Having a plan will deflect obstacles in your way because obstacles in all shapes and sizes will be there.
Thank you, Rasheed for taking the game that Larry and Magic rebuilt back to what it was before that.
That is a myth. The ratings for the NBA finals were higher before Magic and Bird played in the finals. Before Magic or Bird got into the NBA. Go pull the NBA rating over the years, it will shock you how that lie is so fully believed.
@@mlayton1904 yeah, but it’s fluff. They probably have sold televisions to China and they watch and so it’s added to the viewership. It’s clearly, a more inferior product today.
David Stern’s NBA was much better than Adam Silver’s NBA. Not from a player relations standpoint, but from a business and entertainment standpoint. I think we all can agree that we enjoyed to watch basketball through and through until about 5 seasons ago when the likes of some players ruin the game.
@@keethw.8113you nailed it and anyone who says or thinks different is a clown. Stern was an awesome commissioner period. League went to trash from minute one of him stepping down. This is one of the dumbest and most disrespectful interviews I’ve ever seen and I like Rasheed but honestly it’s these type of interviews that make me despise pro athletes more and more. Utterly clueless. “Stern was making more than Shaq” you all wouldn’t have made jack squat had Stern not elevated the NBA to the level he did. He ran that league brilliantly. I would give anything to go back to 80s,90s and early 2000s era NBA hoops.
My only takeaway was that 19 million a year is not considered a lot of money now
No this dude did not say " 19 million dollars was a lot of money back then " Wtf 😂
That was a max deal back then. Role players make 19 now
@@freddycalipari4242 I know that Captain Obvious tell me something i don’t know.
Bryant Gumble was 100% correct when he said David Stern governed the NBA with a plantation owner mentality
Sheed still doesn't understand how things work. Sad...
He thinks he’s always right
Like talking to a wall
I came to the comment section just to see regular folk do what they do best. Carry water for oligarchs, cape up for ownership class over labor.
@@omniamericana2172 man your a good person
Real one
@@omniamericana2172 Fool this basketball. Take your hotep ass on somewhere. Labor? I didn't know playing basketball while making $156 million(Rasheed's career earning) is considered labor.
@@omniamericana2172Peasant energy for sure.
It always kills me when people cape for the elites. Stern may have marketed stars over teams and it worked but he wasn’t the product. These owners don’t care about y’all
The players knew if they wanted to play in the NBA they couldn't disrespect David Stern, Stern is the main reason Isaiah Thomas CBA League went bankrupt and he didn't want the Bad Boy image to represent the 92 Olympic Dream Team, Stern didn't have problem with Zeke not being on the team, the league was changes their image, Zeke said the league changed so MJ could win
:))) "what you are doing?" that is funny
I'm sure if David Stern were watching this, he'd laugh.
I knew that. Barkley called Sulver out for not being tough like Stern at the All Star game in one year
Sounds like a bunch of haters. Stern’s the billionaires henchman. He gets paid for sure.
As a former employee of the NBA David Stern took a league that was weeks away from Bankruptcy to a multi billion dollar corporation. With that said he did a lot of shady things to keep the machine running and making money.
I understand what Sheed is saying. But the league was near bankruptcy and having the finals tape delayed before he took over. By the time Stern retired the game was global force and racked in billions of dollars. And players even if they're just depth players are now making millions. He is probably the best commissioner in sports in the last 50-75 years outside of pete roselle.
Sheed is most likely stretching it a bit. NBA Players are nothing more than marketable, profitable EMPLOYEES. The NBA and Madison Avenue, make the rules and call the shots.
David Stern was the most crookest commissioner in all of sports
Not surprised Stern was dirty.. He had his Favorites & Hated on AI 😎✌
He visited my school at Umass Amherst before his passing months later and he opened it up for questioning and said ask me anything dont hold back and all the die hard analytical students destroyed him I loved every second of it
I audibly laughed imagining the line of questioning. Too bad there’s no video.
What questions were they asking?
Whybwould anyone ever think he was a nice, cool guy?
He was the head of a billion dollar company....those types of companies are run by A-holes
Well commissioners are fall guys for the owners, that's why they get paid so much.
Stern handled that Jordan gambling scandal like a straight up G.
I don't think it's wrong for owners and higher ups to make more money than the players. Is there a commissioner in any professional sport that doesn't make more than the players?
"you can't talk to grown men that way or you'll get your ass whooped"
Well Bonzi, he talked to you that way and what happened?
thank you
Stern built the modern NBA where these guys made huge money.
THE PLAYERS
Stern didn't built shit the commissioner of any league works for the owners 😂😂😂😂😂
Stern built it GTFOH, YOU Might say the endorsements built the modern nba
He didn't do anything. The player's did that
Rasheed is a great dude, would have loved to have been on a team with him.
They are just wrong Stern never earned 30-32 Mill a year. He was at about $20 million. He also helped grow the league into what it is today. So they can talk trash all day but with out Stern guiding the NBA they would not have been making the money they were making. Larry OBrein was good but the league took off when Stern took over.
Sheed I hear you but he was the commissioner which meant he was in control lol.
Sheed out here counting David Stern's money. He asked, "what did he do?" He built the modern NBA, Sheed.
Tha players did it😎✌
@@rollinstonemoula9689 it's both.
Stern did make the nba a global game,before David the nba was a-HOT-mess.
@@rollinstonemoula9689 Players come and go. Before Stern the NBA was a shitshow full of cokeheads. Nobody was watching.
I couldn't stand David Stern.... and alot of those damn refs.
To Stern's defense,
Dude took Magic and Larry and marketed the leauge like a MOTHER F$CKER...
The numbers players are seeing today was because of "King" David.🤷🏿♂️
Still doesn't take away the fact that Stern was a racist prick
GTFOH, you might wanna say the sneaker companies help these cat's more than your king
Oh please, he wasn’t with them shooting in the gym
Stern and the NBA used racism and their skills as ball players to market Magic Johnson and Larry bird. Lol it worked because nobody was watching the NBA until they came into the league.
Exactly right. That's if you could even watch the game, most people didn't even have cable TV.
Where did Sheed get that shirt?? That thing is 🔥!!
David Stern was a great guy and well respected throughout the NBA. Don’t let these 2 fool u these guys were constantly arguing with refs getting T’d up now they’re talking down on good ppl who can’t defend themselves. RIP David Stern 🙏
He was a snake! Just another edomite
Dude was not a good dude. He no real denial for the ref who was caught gambling and exposed how the NBA brass told them to fix outcomes. He also was known to treat certain players really bad. He didn’t like tattoos, even though it is a personal choice and they were not offensive
@@nunyabusiness1755 U don’t know that man personally. A lot of players did love him and saw him as a father figure. He did act like that sometimes and was strict sometimes because he wanted the NBA to be represented the right way. David Stern did a great job in the NBA. Don’t speak down on people u don’t know personally. Too many ppl do that these days and that’s a weak trait.
Are they lying ?
That's the question
What makes him good?
It's business
Stern made it so these black athletes are getting more paid hundreds of millions these 2 were on the recreated the name jail blazers for there thuggish street ball ways and menaces off the court.
Two bullies calling somebody else a bully, go figure. Rasheed and Bonzi Wells, Stephen Jackson, Matt Barnes etc, we're bad for the league.
I was in Portland when Sheed was there and he was relentless on referees even when he was “guilty”. He was insufferable many times and they lost games as a result. He can call Stern a tyrant all he wants but I bet if he was alive they would try to get him back! That’s why Silver and the owners are trying to reel in this player empowerment that’s taken the league in the wrong direction. This league is in trouble, 35% drop in viewership since the pandemic. I don’t watch it. They have to really sell it to get viewers and it’s not working.
The NBA style of play today is pure shit. Garbage!!! It's the least entertaining to watch ever in its history. Commissioner Adam Silver is not built to be a leader of men. He sat & allowed the game to turn into a three point contest, players overrun the league with load management & refusing to play whenever they can't get their way. Fan viewership has been steadily dropping like a bowling ball under his leadership while he's claiming it's the greatest game in the world. Now he's supposedly soliciting the advice of one LeBron James, the most self-absorbed player in the history of the game, on how to improve the game as if LeBron cares about anything or anybody other than himself. Adam Silver is officially clueless & whatever he & LeBron has going on they should use it to start their own league in the LBGTQ community where I'm sure they both will be very happy. And take Draymond Green & Dwayne Wade with them while they're at it.
Scared of player emporwerment and young blackmen doing what’s best for themselves? Dumm razzist comments
Considering chinas impact on the league (and viewership)…. there’s many variable outside of the quality of the product that the nba produces and bullshit politics, pure business conversation that people try to muddy up until it devolves into social Justice issues. It’s not, talk all you want it’s not, More has to do with the general decline in people watching television….. I don’t have a cable, haven’t had it ever 🤷🏽♂️
@executiveblack403 The NBA get viewers in different ways than just traditional appointment tv.
It’s down cause it isn’t as good as before…. And Sheed wasn’t insufferable. I was in Portland too. Sheed was a young emotional man. He needed vets that could hold him accountable. Also Portland tried to make him the go to man, the superstar. But that wasn’t him. He just wanted to be one of the guys even tho he had superstar talent
People hate authority figures that hold them accountable. My theory is if you feel strongly about your dislike for people that sign your checks…quit!!! Own your own league and you can do whatever you want.
Sheed he’s the basically the owner of the NBA he can make the rules and he can break them. Its his league
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@@mikewilliams9069 grow up. You and the people like you
Dnt matter u can't respect that😎
he hate bullies while he sitting next to one sheed was a str8 dog on the court would love to see him handle this era !!
Surprised at Sheed’s lack of business savvy or NBA history. Maybe the ignorance stems from personal dislike of Stern who contributed tremendously to the global expansion of the league, creating enormous wealth for players like Sheed. No group of black men on this earth collectively earn the type of money the NBA pays them. Isiah Thomas, MJ and Magic would provide better insight. Stern was indeed a bully - he would be the first to admit - but he was also a visionary and easily the best commissioner in sports history. No comparison between him and, say, Goodell. RIP.
david stern was an ass. there's a lot of revisionist history involving him. kudos to sheed and bonzi laying it down and not playing the media game
Everybody knew about Stern's so called secret 🌈
Wtf that have to do with doing his job and putting bread in their pockets? Some of these mofos on some funny shit as well, lets be real about that. Dwight howard, exhibit a
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@@ethanhuntemcee1663 whats your point? Now, you even left NBA talk. Smdh 🤣 dont know about him though. I dont follow football like that.
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David was snake, and it gets me that as wm, he was given so much power over a predominantly black organization, to be a overseer. Until they stop that type of crap, the NBA will never be credible.
Stern’s salary is none of Sheed’s business. Didn’t affect his money.
These guys don’t understand how power works.
Now the players are running the yard and are abusing the system, load management and weak practices and not honoring their contracts, we need a david stern.
Hell No!!!!!
i thought this was a key and peele skit at first
19 million was a lot of money back then? 😆🤣😂
It sounds crazy 😂 but compared to current salaries….it pales in comparison.
It’s a lot now
Y’all got think that money is getting tax a lot. Even tho he bring in 19m’s. They taxing that all the way down depend on state income taxes if living cali thats about 9.2m’s after taxes come through
@@blacklikehistory 1m, 10m's all a lot of M's to me
@@blacklikehistory, taxes are ridiculous on that type of money, but that’s still a ridiculous amount of net money too…no matter how you try to spin it.
Rasheed Wallace doesn’t understand why David Stern commanded a large salary.
Stern is the architect of the modern NBA’s corporate structure.
He helped to bring in sponsorship, tv deals etc boosting profits for both owners and players alike.
During the days when half the league were coke heads, he assisted in cleaning up the image of the league and made it more palatable for both national and international audiences.
He helped to facilitate the merger between the NBA and ABA.
He brought in salary cap and league wide drug testing.
Rather than market teams like the NFL does, he chose to make superstar players the face of the league.
He pushed to send star players to represent in the Olympics rather than college athletes.
That man has done a lot for basketball both in the U.S. and abroad. You don’t have to like him but show some respect.
David Stern reminded me of a shrewd slave master style businessman. Even though I understand why he felt he had to run the NBA the way he did but I prefer Adam Silver more balanced approach. Respect to Stern nonetheless for growing the league into what it is now but there were casualties to that growth.
lol imagine if a civilian told Rasheed how come you are making 20 million a year playing basketball. What would Sheed's reaction be ?
Rasheed I hear you my brother and I got nothing but love for you as you were a tar heel and I’m a die hard fan. But we gotta get our people to understand he can make more then the top athlete because it’s their league Brother not yours you are a product of the league. You wanna change things start your own league. The bigger question should be all these guys making billions now why are they not starting their own league that should be the question. Cause it makes no sense to me why they are not doing that. You can’t question them about their busniness when it’s their league. Same as if it were you and your peoples league they couldn’t question you about anything why because it’s yours you run it as you see fit
I hear you but there's no way that could happen. Simply not possible. There are all kind of obstacles in place to prevent precisely such a thing from happening on the largest scales - Sheed would quickly find owners unwilling to do business with him; business outlets outright refusing, etc. Stern had the backing of the Tribe and their multitude of affiliates. Never gonna happen - he'd be taking hundreds-of-billions of dollars from these people if something like that were allowed to happen.
it's the Jews league?
Good point. Problem is we are so used to being controlled that it is unnatural to break away. All mental. Too controlled by slave masters to get away
Ask ice cube what happened when he started his own league
Is that bonzie wells ahh man this brings back memories
Sheed ain’t say sh!t outta line🤷🏾♂️Stern was a Sports Slave master🌈
basically just like every Commissioner or Owner🤷🏾♂️
Same things goes on in the workforce..
Can’t talk down on the Boss even if it’s the TRUTH or you’ll become the Villain for having a backbone💯💪🏾
Oh get real! aint nobody forcing those guys to make millions 🤣
@@jakep1979 We can’t be the Same ethnicity
@@beeoakclifftexascraig5706 I didn't know you speak for all your ethnicity. Who put you in charge?
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@@jakep1979yes, they making millions, but the owners and league making even more. It's not about money, it's the mentality. Get out of line, and they'll bounce u out the league like a bball.