31.   No doubt the league will want to talk to More about that action, and a suspension could be forthcoming.

32.   Now all they need is to be told exactly what the league wants.

33.   On the one hand, the league wants high-caliber play, but that means relying heavily on American players, who tend not to stay as long.

34.   One would think that the league would want the first post-Jordan finals to get maximum exposure, especially to kids.

35.   Put another way, if the league wanted a succession of gray suits with ledger sheets under their arms, they could spend all their time in Houston.

36.   Stern said the league wants a marijuana policy based on education.

37.   Tagliabue says the league wants at least one, but he also has talked in terms of two teams there.

38.   Tagliabue also said the league wanted a broader ownership group and hinted at the possibility of the two groups coming together as one.

39.   The entire league wants him on the next Dream Team, but no one is stuffing the ballot box nationally.

40.   The league also wants to phase out the salary cap exception, which allows a team to exceed the cap in signing its own free-agent player.