David Stern continues to pull magic tricks

Now that the Hernia staff's heartstrings have been tugged by the wonderful story of the Boston Celtics being relevant again, we want to give Commissioner David Stern a gigantic high five for nudging this deal along to take the heat off of the Tim Donaghy case. Suddenly every NBA story revolves around one or two squeaky clean NBA superstars getting a chance at redemption. Ah yes, we're all warm and fuzzy inside now that Donaghy's 'Matt Maloney-Jay Fiedler' looking grill has been sent to the back page... for now. Here's a look at some of Stern's crafty criticism dodging steps he's taken for high profile incidents in the past....