Two weeks ago, as San Antonio Spurs were about to play The Miami Heat in Miami, Spur's coach, Popovich, decided to send his key main players (Duncan, Parker, and Ginobili) back to San Antonio. Popovich's intentions of keeping the squad in healthy conditions after playing five away games in seven nights, lead to Stern's decision of fining the Spurs franchise with $250K, for "showing disrespect to the NBA and its fans." To the surprise of many NBA followers, Spurs only lost the game by five points which ridiculed Stern and top-officials who were involved in such decision. Critics focused on Stern's historical trouble in marketing the Spurs, despite the four championships they've won in ten years, and explained that he had found another reason to stand against them. Instead of celebrating Spurs' exciting exhibition of basketball, his mainly concern was to darken an institution's reputation that does not favor the NBA structure. His clear posture of maintaining an equilibrium and the status quo in the sport, will find no evolution in the sake of the sport until those with power in charge of re-enforcing and designing the structure of the NBA, forget about their economic investments.
Santiago Guiter.
KIN332I.
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When I first heard that an NBA head coach sent his key/star players home to rest, I was so proud for the sport of basketball. The amount of physical strain that these elite athletes put their bodies through day in and day out takes a toll on these athletes. We as fans and spectators should realize that if a coach feels its best for the team to have these key players rest then we need understand and accept that. A commissioner of the sport should not step in and say that it bad for the sport. We know that their might have been some unsold tickets and people a little disappointed but we need to remember that these are people that play this game. With limits and boundaries and just like me and you they get hurt and tired. And when they bleed its red just like every other human being on the earth. I thought it was great that a coach did right by his players and even better that the other players stepped up and were true competitors when it game time came around.
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