The author of that article either chosen to forget about NBA history, just ignore it or he has never taken the time to learn it.

If you know anything at all about NBA history from its inception up until the time that Stern took over as Commish then you would better understand where Stern is coming from.

I am not saying that that makes him correct in his attitude, but we get a lot further in life by trying to understand why a person is acting the way that they are rather than just dumping on their actions carte blanche.