'ZO TAKES HIS SHOTS AT COMMISSIONER STERN

     The Heat's Alonzo Mourning blames NBA Commissioner David
Stern for the team's loss of Juwan Howard during the off-season,
according to Amy Shipley of the MIAMI HERALD.  Speaking Saturday,
Mourning said, "David Stern runs this league. ... This whole
thing was a matter of him flexing his muscle the whole time,
letting [Heat President Pat Riley] and [Heat Owner Micky Arison]
know who was the boss."  Mourning went on to say the league
"animosity has built up over the past couple of years against Pat
Riley and Micky Arison."  Mourning: "Arison is the new guy on the
block, a young owner with lots of money, and Riley has won
everywhere he goes.  When he left the Knicks organization, the
people in New York were kind of [ticked] off" (MIAMI HERALD,
10/6).