David Stern and Kobe Bryant are probably two of the most sarcastic figures in sports. But today, Stern placed some distance between he and Bryant.

While appearing as a guest on the Jim Rome Show today, Rome asked Stern questions pertaining to whether or not he draft lottery was fixed since the NBA-owned New Orleans Hornets ended up with the first pick. Now, I can certainly understand Stern being sick of hearing this question, but he took this to a level it didn’t need to go.

Here’s the audio (and by the way, I think it’s next to impossible to fix the lottery):

[H/T: blacksportsonline]