David Stern suggested the NBA may begin taking a more active approach in dealing with its 30 owners in light of the difficulties they have experienced in dealing with the Maloofs.
The Maloofs attempted to move to Anaheim and subsequently backed out of a deal with the city of Sacramento to build a new arena only to sell to a group from Seattle.
"We've dealt with it on a case-by-case basis and Sacramento has been particularly vexing as we've tried to balance the strong sense that we'd like to help our owner-clients out and at the same time have respect for the city, so we now wind up where we are," Stern said. "And presumably after we finish with this, the owners will take a long look at how we got here."
Via Tim Booth/AP