wasn't exactly guarded with his feelings:

"It demonstrates that they're not a model of intelligent management. There were many checkpoints along the way where more decisive action would have eliminated this issue."

Mind you, that's only a statement on the organization's culture.  When asked about how Isiah Thomas assembled an overpaid, borderline mediocre team, Stern said, "Oh, that guy. Total dipshit."

In other news, remember how Jerry Buss got busted for DUI back in May?  Well, he got convicted, and Stern rewarded him with a $25K fine and a two-game suspension.  Oh no, not a suspension!  But who will sit in the owner's box and watch the game from afar through a monocle?  They're going to have to sign some poor millionaire without a team to a ten-day contract or something.  Maybe they can grab Starbucks CEO/former Sonics owner Howard Schultz for a couple days.  "Okay, dude, just sit back and relax, maybe look down to the court once a quarter.  And try not to sell the team to a shithead from Oklahoma, huh?"

Lakers owner Jerry Buss joined the ever-growing list of fabulously wealthy people who can afford to have a personal driver but still get behind the wheel after drinking, as he was arrested for suspicion of DUI late Tuesday night.

The 74-year-old Buss was taken into custody shortly before 1 a.m. after he drove his gold Mercedes-Benz station wagon the wrong way on a street… "Although I was driving only a short distance, it was a bad decision and I was wrong to do it," Buss said in a statement issued by the Lakers. "It was a mistake I will not make again."

Well, yeah.  Of course he's not going to make the mistake again.  He's 74 years old.  He may be dead by the time I finish writing this sentence.  Still alive?  Okay, whatever.  He's got, like, a week.

Also of note: an unidentified 23-year-old woman was with Buss in the car when he got arrested.  Please God let that be his granddaughter or his secretary.  Because any other explanation… ew.  Just ew.  Old people are gross.