can't listen right now, but if mannix is kissing stern's a**...it would not AT ALL surprise me. he probably wishes stern could have delivered AD to his beloved C Bags. and he probably would have.
I'll leave this here: https://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/212416/David-Stern-Knows-Where-The-Bodies-Are-Buried Everything that's been said has been said. He was fortunate to become commissioner right when Magic, Larry and Michael became larger than life as superstars.