I Love the Worst Team in the League

I'm a closet Portland Trail Blazers fan and proud of it. Sabonis, late Schrempf, Pip, fat Kemp, Dontonio Wingfield, these are my guys. Recently, the Blazers began posting transcripts of interviews with team executives on their website. Current posts include a great interview with team President Steve Patterson. Patterson was interviewed by beat writer Jason Quick of the Portland Oregonian. The Blazers, Patterson, and Quick, along with Oregonian sports columnist John Canzano have a tension-filled relationship, to put it mildly, likely the main reason the Blazers have decided to start posting transcripts - the first time I have ever heard of a professional sports team doing this. The Commish was asked about this new policy by my guru, Sam Smith. "I haven't had the opportunity [to see the policy], but I think they ought to have some discussions with the Chinese government to see if they can align their policies."Stern joked he would "love to muzzle everyone in this room and have you print exactly the story that we'd like." But he added, turning serious, that he was proud of the NBA's media access, which is a conduit to its fans, and that it disappoints him when one of the teams doesn't pursue that goal.Of course, Stern said, "I don't know all the facts. I read it in a newspaper, which is inherently unreliable."Have we got the funniest commissioner, or what? - farfel