Utah Jazz: Raja Bell blames David Stern for the NBA lockout

Published: Friday, Oct. 21 2011 8:49 p.m. MDT

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Raja Bell doesn't agree with racial implications that accompanied Bryant Gumbel's claim that David Stern is like a "modern plantation overseer, treating NBA men as if they were his boys."

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akk2602

Sandy, Ut

I have no symphathy for the players position. The current system is broken. I am in complete agreement with a harder salary cap and non gauranteed contracts. If you want your money... earn it, every game, every year. Every city, every team deserves More..

10:27 a.m. Oct. 22, 2011
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Jazzsmack

Holladay, UT

The GAME is the product,

NOT the players, players come and go, but people still watch the GAME.

Don't let Stern's use of players to market the game fool ya.

Trying to compare multi-millionaire players to slaves is More..

11:45 a.m. Oct. 22, 2011
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Duh

west jordan, ut

Hey Raja....who cares. I don't care if NBA players every play another game. The greed in professionl sports is overwhelming and I for one just don't care. The players are not the one footing the bill, providing the arena etc. They think that they are More..

8:37 a.m. Oct. 22, 2011
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Jody is a sports writer who covers the Utah Jazz for the Deseret News (yeah, rough life). He also writes about his fitness/health journey and triathlon exploits in his "Losing It!" column. He has been with the paper since more ..

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