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David Stern: 'plantation overseer?'

Bryant Gumbel attending the premiere of 'The Road'

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Bryant Gumbel had some blunt, inflammatory words for NBA commish David Stern at the end of his "Real Sports" show on HBO Tuesday night, accusing him of being "eager to be viewed as some kind of modern plantation overseer treating NBA men as if they were his boys."

Oh, my.

Here is the rest of his closing commentary:

"Finally tonight, if the NBA lockout is...

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