Name
David Stern
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1942-09-22
Deathday
2020-01-01 (78 years old)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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.
Known For
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Using unprecedented Olympic footage and behind-the-scenes material, The Redeem Team tells ...
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A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism...
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From his days as a child in North Carolina to his retirement from the Chicago Bulls in 199...
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Years after serving time for betting on games he officiated, former NBA referee Tim Donagh...
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Key figures from an infamous 2004 incident between players and fans at an NBA game in Mich...
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While Rodman is no doubt one of the greatest talents in NBA history, he is just as famous ...
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In his latest documentary, Sean Menard gives viewers an unprecedented look at Vince Carter...
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In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, rank...
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The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled unde...
- 2003 1 Love as Self
- 2022 Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul as Self (archive footage)
- 2019 Rodman: For Better or Worse as Self (archive footage)
- 2012 Going Big as Self
- 2022 The Redeem Team as Self - NBA Commissioner (1984-2014) (archive footage)
- 2012 The Other Dream Team as Self
- 2005 The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World as Self
- 2002 Allen Iverson - The Answer as Himself
- 1990 All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers as Self (archive footage)
- 2021 34 as Self (archive footage)
- 2013 Glickman as Self
- 2021 Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy as Self (archive footage)
- 2014 Arvydas Sabonis 11 as Himself
- 1989 Detroit Pistons: 1988-1989 NBA Champions - Motor City Madness as Self - Commissioner of the NBA
- 2017 The Carter Effect as Self
- 2014 Bad Boys as Self
- 2017 Mike and the Mad Dog as Self
- 1999 Michael Jordan: His Airness as Self
- 2020 Gap Year
- 2018 The Golden Generation as Self
- 2021 Untold: Malice at the Palace as Self - NBA Commissioner (archive footage)
- 2021 Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft
- 2007 Basketball Man as Self
- 2013 Lenny Cooke
- 2018 Basketball: A Love Story ( 1 episode ) as Self (archive footage)
- 2018 Basketball: A Love Story ( 14 episodes ) as Self
- 2018 Shut Up and Dribble ( 2 episodes ) as Self - Former NBA Commissioner
- 2020 The Last Dance ( 5 episodes ) as Self
