David Stern is a Money Whore

News Flash: David Stern is a money whore! Shocking. If you are old enough to remember Kevin McHale clotheslining Kurt Rambis in game four of the 1984 NBA Finals, then you may also remember that it happened during the second period of a Sunday afternoon game. That's right -- an AFTERNOON NBA FINALS GAME! So that meant it probably happened around 4:30 PM. Now, if some Celtic (Kendrick Perkins?) decides to cheap-shot a Laker (Pau Gasol?) in the second quarter of a Sunday game, it will happen around 11 PM.

Diehard Boston fans will be watching. Laker fans, due to the time change, will be watching. But you know who won't be watching? Our 6-year old, that's who. He absolutely loves playing, watching and reading basketball. And he adores the Celtics. But he won't get to watch a single minute of the series live. Not one second!

And all because Commissioner Whore Stern wants to squeeze a few more bucks out of advertisers. Seriously, would the NBA go belly-up if game two, played this Sunday, started at 6 PM instead of 9:30? That way kids, my kid, heck even adults -- could polish off at least the first half (dare we say three quarters?) before calling it a night. During this wonderful Tuesday-Thursday-Sunday Finals, there will be two (most likely) Sunday games. Games two and five, one on each team's home court. Start each one at 6. The other games can all be prime time. Will Stern have to tell his owners they will be making a few less bucks? No doubt about it. But the amount of positive P.R. it would generate would be insane. Commissioner Whore Stern would be hailed as The White Knight. Mr. Do The Right Thing. Mr. I'm All About The Kids.

Instead, David Stern will continue to be a short, fat pudgy man who will do anything for a buck. And our kid will miss out on watching (live) his Boston Celtics play for a championship.