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
Our attendance record is further evidence of the extraordinary connection that exists between players and fans. We are thankful for our fans continued support and passion for the game.
It gives me great pleasure to welcome Charlotte back into the NBA, since we appreciate how supportive their fans have been in the past. We are particularly excited to have Robert Johnson as our newest owner. Bob has shown a great understanding for building a new company, and we are confident in his ability to develop a strong NBA organization.
It happens at least probably 5 percent of the time.
I think there are probably 1.3 billion reasons why China is important. And given the fact that basketball is the number one team sport among the kids in China, so it will seem to be natural that as China grows, so will the NBA business here grow.
I think Dave has a very keen understanding of assets and their values. I understood him (buying the Blues) as a sign of great confidence he had in the new NHL model and ... that he thought he would be able to buy the team and profit on it. And I have no doubt that he will.
We've got teams that have been through stretches of difficulty. As fast as you can spell Clippers.
Our goal is to make the officiating perfect, at 100 percent. We have not and we never will achieve that result. But I think we have the best officials, the best-monitored officials, the best-developed officials in all of sports.
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,
Killing people doesn't accomplish anything. We as a country and we as a state know what justice is.