Blame the owners, not Stern on about 95% of the stuff you posted.
Its a well known fact that Stern is the one he pulls the strings...he runs shyt...he's the puppet master, or as Bryant Gumbel likes to call him...the "plantation overseer"...makes the rules and enforces them. Owners aint got shyt to do wit it. They just go along with it. Anyone who tries to downplay Sterns power in the NBA automatically loses credibility. He rules with an iron fist...everyone knows its and is undebatable.