One of the more sensational assertions by Tim Donaghy's attorney outside the Brooklyn courthouse Tuesday -- after his client escaped with a 15-month prison sentence -- came when he challenged NBA owners to call for further investigation of officiating improprieties.
Asked what happens next in the officiating scandal, attorney John Lauro said, "I think that it depends on, in large measure, what the fans demand and also what the owners demand. I think the owners of the NBA are going to take a hard look at this case. Some have suggested ways to change the NBA, but there's no question in my mind that the NBA needs to be looked at from top to bottom."
The first response from an NBA owner is in, and suffice it to say that his view differs from Lauro's.
"It's behind us," Mavericks owner Mark Cuban said in an email. "Commissioner Stern has done exactly what needed to be done, and it's over."
Cuban praising David Stern? If that's not a sign that something positive came out of the Donaghy mess, I don't know what is.