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Come Fan with UsWednesday, August 5, 2026

David Stern Dares Invoke The Name ‘Eddy Curry’

The Washington Post's Mike Wise shared an anecdote from the league's lockout meeting around All-Star Weekend, and it's totally sadcakes. Mark Cuban complained about having to play Tariq Abdul-Wahad to sit around and be injured. A union lawyer countered that J.J. Barea was only making $1 million to do God's work in Cuban's Mavericks backcourt. David Stern swooped in for the fatality.

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"All right, you want to go tit for tat, I'll go tit for tat," Stern said, according to the participants. "I'll see you J.J. Barea and raise you Eddy Curry."

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↵Ouch. (Via Zach Lowe.)

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