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David Stern pleased to see Raptors thrive, regrets Grizzlies’ failure

The Star | November 9, 2018

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David Stern and Raptors president Masai Ujiri are in agreement — there’s no doubt Toronto has become a destination for NBA players.

And Stern, the league’s commissioner from 1984 to 2014, said any notion the city isn’t one died long ago.

Lorenzo Brown #4 of the Toronto Raptors is congratulated by Kawhi Leonard #2 after scoring a three-pointer against the Dallas Mavericks at the Scotiabank Arena in October, 2018. David Stern, former NBA commissioner, says he is happy to see the Raptors thriving and thinks Toronto is a “great success.”

“It has not worn off, it has been exploded off,” Stern said in phone interview with The Canadian Press from his New York office this week.

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