ISTANBUL — I met Boris Stankovic, former secretary general of FIBA and the man who pushed the idea of NBA players being allowed to participate in the Olympics, in the ornate lobby of the Swissotel here Thursday morning. (The Swissotel is Stankovic’s quarters for the FIBA World Championship, not mine.)
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