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I meant that the league does not control trades, drafts, etc., in the way you intimated they might in order to help Seattle rebuild. On franchise movement, you're right. The NBA, like almost every professional league, lets owners move their franchises as they want. It builds franchise value and by that makes the league a more valuable enterprise. I did not mean to imply that Stern actually cared about any team's fan base. He works for the owners, same as Selig.