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David Stern

David Stern

Birthday: 1942-09-22 | Place of Birth: New York, New York, U.S.A.

David Joel Stern (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020) was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014 and oversaw NBA basketball's growth into one of the world's most popular sports during the 1990s and 2000s. He is credited with developing and broadening the NBA's audience, especially internationally by setting up training camps, playing exhibition games, and recruiting more international players. In addition, with Stern's guidance the NBA opened 12 offices in cities outside the United States, and broadcast to over 200 territories in over 40 languages. Stern also helped found the Women's National Basketball Association and the NBA G League, the NBA's development league. Under Stern, the NBA launched their digital presence with NBA.com, NBA TV and NBA League Pass. He also established the NBA's social responsibility program, NBA Cares. Description above from the Wikipedia article David Stern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Untold: Malice at the Palace

as    Self - NBA Commissioner (archive footage)

2017
Mike and the Mad Dog

as    Self

2014
Arvydas Sabonis 11

as    Himself

2014
Bad Boys

as    Self

2013
Lenny Cooke

as    Self (archive footage)

2002
Allen Iverson - The Answer

as    Himself