GM Rumors: Blazers, Sund, Kupchak, Stern

There's been plenty of front office news of late, so let's get right to the weekend's updates:

• Hawks GM Rick Sund, whose contract with the team is up, has told the Hawks he's had no contact with the Blazers about their GM opening, according to Jason Quick of The Oregonian (Twitter link). Last week we heard the Blazers had asked for permission to speak with Sund, but the Hawks, who were still in the playoffs at the time, turned them down. 
• Quick also tweets that the Blazers have not asked for permission to interview Lakers GM Mitch Kupchak for the position.
• Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News writes that the NBA's new competition committee represents a power play by commissioner David Stern, who felt the old committee made up of the league's 30 GM's was too large to influence, Lawrence says. The commissioner would like to see the league adopt international goaltending rules and cut down on flopping, according to the report.