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February 27, 2012
David Stern on relocation, arenas, Hornets sale
CBSSports.com
by Ben Golliver
Golliver traveled to the NBA All-Star Game in Orlando to report on David Stern's pontificating.
No new teams, no relocating teams if at all possible, and a few moments of appreciation for the majesty of world-class arenas.
Those were the takeaway business points from NBA commissioner David Stern, who held his annual press conference before All-Star Saturday, addressing a crowd of more than 100 reporters inside Orlando's new Amway Center.
...The New Jersey Nets' move to Brooklyn
Stern got back into salesman mode when discussing the upcoming move of the New Jersey Nets to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn for the 2012-2013 season. He lauded the building and sounded genuinely excited about a transformed rivalry between the Nets and the Knicks.
"We are very happy for Bruce Ratner and Mikhail Prokhorov that this building has not only risen from the ground, but it's going to be indoors, completely pretty soon, and it's going to be on time and opening," Stern said. "It is great for Brooklyn. It is great for the Knicks. We're going to have a spectacular rivalry. And it's going to be great for the fans of New York City and the NBA to have that kind of a rivalry and that kind of a new building."
Posted by eric at February 27, 2012 9:12 AM