The quotes are jawdropping. You can see both videos here. One is called  ”David Stern Hopeful” and the other is ”Stern: NBA Nuclear Winter.”

If anyone is confident about the NBA playing any games this year, you won’t be after hearing these comments. The greatest hits:

If the union is not in existence neither are $4 billion worth of guaranteed contracts that are entered into on the condition that there is a union. If the agents insist on playing with fire my guess is that they will get themselves burned. …

Threat (of decertification) has been ongoing until now despite the NBA’s good-faith bargaining.

Frankly, by this irresponsible action at this late date, Billy Hunter has decided to put the season in jeopardy and deprive his union members of an enormous payday.

The chances of the season slipping away from us and the players losing all they have worked very hard to achieve … it’s really a tragedy.

And when speaking more broadly about the players’ move to disband and file the antitrust suit, Stern did not mince words: (more…)