Vincent Ellis: NBA commissioner Adam Silver pulled aside #Mavs owner Mark Cuban and #Pistons owner Tom Gores at halftime last night to update them on the condition of former NBA commissioner David Stern. The group performed a short prayer. Stern underwent emergency brain surgery Thursday.
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Owner Mark Cuban, who butted heads with the commissioner often during the early year’s of Cuban’s ownership, was visibly shaken by the news. “It’s heartbreaking,” he said. “We’re pulling for David. He’s incredible. There aren’t enough superlatives to describe how I feel about him and what he means to me. All of which have nothing to do with basketball. He’s just a good guy. “He was incredible to me. Even when he was yelling at me.”
Marc Stein: The NBA just announced that former commissioner David Stern suffered “a sudden brain hemorrhage earlier today for which he underwent emergency surgery.” “Our thoughts and prayers are with David and his family,” Commissioner Adam Silver says
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