ESPN may have enjoyed the NBA’s recent by-plots with the Los Angeles Lakers and Kevin Durant during the Finals, but Dan Patrick knows David Stern wouldn’t have been okay with it.

Ex-ESPN sportscaster Dan Patrick recently alleged his former employer made attempts to undermine his success after he decided to part ways with the network in 2007.

Dan Patrick had the ESPN machine behind him for all those years as a popular “SportsCenter” host. But once he decided to move on and begin his own media venture, he had that operation against him.

Patrick, 69, joined ESPN in 1989 and served as a “SportsCenter” host through 2006, while also hosting “The Dan Patrick Show” on ESPN Radio until his 2007 exit.