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
The way that you will get suspended is if you flat-out refuse to do something. Teams will be responsible for enforcement. We're looking at the spirit of the law, not the letter.
This a delicate subject. I would say that I see it as a potential for relocation more than for expansion. ... I think that 30 teams is enough right now.
They do events in a great way and we have no doubt that they will be ready to receive us in 2008 as their tourism industry swings back into action.
What we're doing here is largely symbolic. But it tells everyone that we've got to help. We've got to do better.
There are different uniforms for different occasions. There's the uniform you wear on the court, there's the uniform you wear when you are on business, there's the uniform you might wear on your casual downtime with your friends. . . . We're just changing the definition of the uniform that you wear when you are on NBA business.
What we came up with is a dress code that even Mark Cuban could comply with - if he wanted to.
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.
Realm Realty is agreeable to the 'right in and right out' restriction and is awaiting the county's comments to that drawing. I would think that a deceleration lane, right in - right out, headache bar and sidewalk should appease most everyone. We do appreciate all the input we have received and have diligently worked to try to incorporate many of these suggestions.
Our position is not a moral crusade against gambling. It's just about betting on basketball.
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.
In the good old days, Chamberlain and Russell played in anonymity compared to Bird, Magic, Michael and Isiah. And even those guys played in less of a spotlight that our players today are playing in thanks to this saturated media environment.
Intel and Microsoft are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to make that happen. They're smart companies. They make intelligent bets.
In my mind, there's been an enormous investment made and it's the beginning of a process that's quite extensive. As far as we understand it, the Nets are planning to be in Brooklyn in the next three years or so, but we don't control that process. All we do is get to receive their reports and ultimately approve the move.
in anticipation of a return to New Orleans next season.