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April 30, 2005
Stern: Jersey blew it
From the AP:
NBA Commissioner David Stern blames New Jersey politicians for the Nets' planned move to Brooklyn in either 2007 or 2008."New Jersey blew it," Stern said Thursday of the proposed move. Speaking during an informal news conference before the Nets played the Miami Heat in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series on Thursday night, he added, "We practically begged them, and the New Jersey politicians did not step up."
Stern conceded that political leaders did not want state taxpayers saddled with the debt of a new arena.
"That's a fair retort, but you have to make your choice," Stern said.
I guess we see what our NYC politicians have chosen for us. For more on who to blame, see NoLandGrab's Pol Precinct.
Posted by amy at April 30, 2005 9:55 AM