Editing David Stern (section)

{{Short description|American businessman, lawyer, and NBA commissioner (1942–2020)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix    = 
| name                = David Stern
| honorific-suffix    = 
| image               = David Stern.jpg
| caption             = Stern in 2007
| alt                 = 
| order               = 4th
| office              = Commissioner of the NBA
| election            = 
| term_start          = February 1, 1984
| term_end            = January 31, 2014
| deputy              = {{ubl|[[Russ Granik]] (1990–2006)|[[Adam Silver]] (2006–2014)}}
| predecessor         = [[Larry O'Brien]]
| successor           = [[Adam Silver]]
| birth_name          = David Joel Stern
| birth_date          = {{birth date |1942|9|22}}
| birth_place         = New York City, U.S.<!--***NOTE*** U.S. not needed, it's consistent with listed nationality "American" ***NOTE*** -->
| death_date          = {{death date and age|2020|1|1|1942|9|22}}
| death_place         = New York City, U.S.<!--***NOTE*** U.S. not needed, it's consistent with listed nationality "American" ***NOTE** -->
| spouse              = {{Marriage|Dianne Bock|1963}}
| children            = 2
| profession          = {{Hlist|Businessman|lawyer}}
| signature           = David_Stern_Signature_from_the_Goldman_Collection.png
| education           = [[Rutgers University]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])<br />[[Columbia Law School|Columbia University]] ([[Juris Doctorate|JD]])
}}
'''David Joel Stern''' (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020)<ref name = Yahoo/> was an American lawyer and business executive who was the [[Commissioner of the NBA|commissioner]] of the [[National Basketball Association]] (NBA) from 1984 to 2014. Stern oversaw NBA basketball's growth into one of the world's most popular sports during the 1990s and 2000s.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1139791/1/index.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130703045019/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1139791/1/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 3, 2013 |title=From Corned Beef To Caviar |newspaper=Sports Illustrated |date=June 3, 1991}}</ref> 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.<ref>DuPree, David. [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/playoffs/2005-06-14-international-finals_x.htm "NBA Finals are whole new world"], ''[[USA Today]]'', June 14, 2005. Retrieved September 3, 2007.</ref> 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.<ref name=CBSHemorrhage>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/david-stern-nba-brain-hemorrhage-commissioner-emeritus-suffers-brain-hemorrhage-2019-12-12/ |title=Former NBA Commissioner David Stern suffers brain hemorrhage |date=December 12, 2019 |work=CBS News}}</ref> Stern also helped found the [[Women's National Basketball Association]] and the [[NBA G League]], the NBA's development league.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattlechamber.com/pls/starter/newsletter_detail.read_pdf?v_newsletter_id=181|title=Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce eNews|work=seattlechamber.com|access-date=October 4, 2024|archive-date=October 28, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061028121749/http://www.seattlechamber.com/pls/starter/newsletter_detail.read_pdf?v_newsletter_id=181}}</ref><ref name="nba.com">{{cite web |url=http://www.nba.com/nba101/david_j_stern_bio.html |title=David J. Stern |work=NBA.com |date=November 9, 2007 |access-date=January 10, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717063641/http://www.nba.com/nba101/david_j_stern_bio.html |archive-date=July 17, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Under Stern, the NBA launched their [[digital assets|digital]] presence with NBA.com, [[NBA TV]], and [[NBA League Pass]]. He also established the NBA's social responsibility program, [[NBA Cares]].<ref>{{cite web|title=David Stern|website=NBA.com|date=June 2017|url=https://careers.nba.com/executive/david-stern/|access-date=January 2, 2020|archive-date=November 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105030509/https://careers.nba.com/executive/david-stern/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Stern started with the NBA in 1966 as an outside counsel, then joined the NBA in 1978 as general counsel and became the league's executive vice president in 1980.<ref>{{Cite news| url =http://www.tvguide.com/celebrities/david-stern/bio/231316|title= David Stern Celebrity|publisher=[[TV Guide]] |access-date = November 24, 2014}}</ref> He became commissioner in 1984, succeeding [[Larry O'Brien]]. After 30 years, Stern retired in 2014 as the longest-tenured commissioner in the history of [[Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada|major North American sports leagues]] (though [[Gary Bettman|his record has since been broken]]). He was succeeded by [[Adam Silver]].<ref name = NYT/> He was inducted into the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]] and [[FIBA Hall of Fame]]. Stern was on the [[Rutgers University]] Board of Overseers, a Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center and chair of JALC's Marketing Committee, and was a Chair Emeritus of the Board of Trustees of [[Columbia University]]. He was also a member of the [[Council on Foreign Relations]].<ref name=NBABio>[http://www.nba.com/nba101/david_j_stern_bio.html David J. Stern] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100717063641/http://www.nba.com/nba101/david_j_stern_bio.html |date=July 17, 2010}}, [[National Basketball Association]]. Retrieved September 3, 2007.</ref>