David Stern
David Stern
David Joel Stern is the former commissioner of the National Basketball Association. He started with the Association in 1966 as an outside counsel, joined the NBA in 1978 as General Counsel, and became the league's Executive Vice President in 1980. He became Commissioner in 1984, succeeding Larry O'Brien. He is credited with increasing the popularity of the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusiness Executive
Date of Birth22 September 1942
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
There's no doubt the city is making progress.
There's nothing that we have accomplished in the last 30 years that Russ hasn't been at the center of, from expansion, to collective bargaining, to international activities, ... It's quite an N.B.A. career that will be coming, I don't want to say to a close, but slowing down at the end of the season. It's a big loss, but we're also cheered that it's something Russ wanted to do.
We've got teams that have been through stretches of difficulty. As fast as you can spell Clippers.
That would be a terrible thing all around. I doubt they want it to get to that point. Because I have seen it go bad. It would be too bad if there weren't a rational discourse to see whether something could be worked out.
I was pleased to find somebody analyzing pro sports, as thought to be a business. I was impressed with his professionalism and his understanding of the key drivers in our business. His conclusions were all wrong, but that led to some friendly and heated debate, and that was the start of our friendship.
I think he's living up to those expectations and doing better than a lot of people thought he would, the so-called basketball experts.
I think he's a great player and I hope he has an All-Star season, ... I wished him well before, visited him a bit. And he's made an already-strong Pacer team even stronger. They feel pretty good about their roster right now.
I think he's a great player and I hope he has an All-Star season, ... He's made an already-strong Pacer team even stronger. They feel pretty good about their roster right now.
I think he's a great player and I hope has an all-star season. I wished him well. We visited a bit. He's made an already strong Pacer team even stronger. I think they are feeling pretty good about their roster.
I think he's a great player and I hope has an all-star season, ... I wished him well. We visited a bit. He's made an already strong Pacer team even stronger. I think they are feeling pretty good about their roster.
Maybe if you earn less than eight million dollars you'll get a scholarship from the commissioner,
We haven't had excessive fisticuffs. These are things that commissioners worry about. And truth be told, our player reputation in the testing that we do is rebounding quite well from a year ago.
We have a minimum standard that we've set that reflects on the professionals in our sport, and you're going to do it, ... We're certain that it will be complied with.
The Arkansas ownership and management team combines an established and successful local businessman in Larry Crain with an experienced and knowledgeable basketball mind in Otis Birdsong.