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    David Stern

    1942-09-22 (82 years old) in New York, New York, USA

    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.

    Movies

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    The Redeem Team
    74 %|Oct 7, 2022
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    Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul
    71 %|Aug 30, 2022
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    34
    65 %|Nov 30, 2021
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    Untold: Malice at the Palace
    72 %|Aug 10, 2021
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    Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft
    80 %|Apr 11, 2021
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    Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy
    68 %|Jan 11, 2021
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    Rodman: For Better or Worse
    83 %|Sep 1, 2019
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    The Golden Generation
    0 %|Oct 31, 2018
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    The Carter Effect
    70 %|Sep 9, 2017
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    Mike and the Mad Dog
    0 %|Apr 21, 2017
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    Arvydas Sabonis 11
    81.67 %|Dec 19, 2014
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    Bad Boys
    77 %|Apr 17, 2014
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    Lenny Cooke
    68 %|Dec 6, 2013
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    Glickman
    80 %|Aug 26, 2013
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    Allen Iverson - The Answer
    35 %|Feb 5, 2002
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    Michael Jordan: His Airness
    68 %|Jan 1, 1999
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    The Last Dance
    82 %|Apr 19, 2020
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    Shut Up and Dribble
    0 %|Nov 3, 2018
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    Basketball: A Love Story
    60 %|Sep 18, 2018
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    Basketball: A Love Story
    60 %|Sep 18, 2018
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