The Orlando Sentinel's Josh Robbins grills David Stern on the large-small market divide and Dwight Howard's apparent inclination to ditch O-Town. In the course of answering as combatively as ever, Stern delivers a nice little soliloquy on "unfulfilled promises."
‘Our History Is Full Of Many Unfulfilled Promises’
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↵[T]his is a long-term business. And, so, as a result, whether it was Grant Hill, who never recovered to what Orlando hoped he would recover to when they signed him, or Brandon Roy in Portland or worse yet Len Bias in Boston, we could go down the list and talk about all of the issues that affect teams that lose or never have the services of a great star. It happens all the time. Our record here, our history, is full of many unfulfilled promises.
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↵Gee, thanks for depressing us, Commish.
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