What American lawyer and businessman succeeded David Stern to be the Commissioner of the NBA?
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Commissioner of the NBA The Commissioner of the NBA is the chief executive of the National Basketball Association. The current commissioner is Adam Silver after he succeeded David Stern on February 1, 2014.
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Adam Silver Adam Silver (born April 25, 1962) is an American lawyer and businessman, who is currently the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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Lawrence Frank Lawrence Adam Frank (born August 23, 1970) is an American basketball coach who is currently working as the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He formerly served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and the New Jersey Nets, and has been an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics and the Nets.
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NBA fines The Commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) oversees all the fines handed out to NBA players and organizations for misconduct.
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Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member club of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Barclays Center. They are one of two NBA teams located in New York City; the other are the New York Knicks. The team was established in 1967 as a charter franchise of the NBA's rival league, the American Basketball Association (ABA). They played in New Jersey as the New Jersey Americans during their first season, before moving to Long Island in 1968 and changing their name to the New York Nets. During this time, the Nets won two ABA championships (in 1974 and 1976). In 1976, the ABA merged with the NBA, and the Nets were absorbed into the NBA along with three other ABA teams (the San Antonio Spurs, Indiana Pacers and Denver Nuggets, all of whom remain in the league today).
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Dick Vertlieb Richard Harvey Vertlieb (October 7, 1930 – December 5, 2008) was an American sports executive. He was the winner of the 1975 NBA Executive of the Year Award after serving as general manager for the NBA Champion Golden State Warriors. He also served as general manager for the Seattle SuperSonics and Indiana Pacers, as well as the Seattle Mariners of Major League Baseball. He died in Las Vegas, Nevada after a lengthy illness.
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David W. Crane David W. Crane (born 1959) is an American lawyer, investment banker and business executive in the energy industry.
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Bruce Ratner Bruce Ratner (born January 23, 1945 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American real estate developer and minority owner of the NBA's Brooklyn Nets.
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Rob Pelinka Robert Todd Pelinka Jr. (born December 23, 1969) is an American lawyer, National Basketball Association (NBA) team executive, sports agent, and former college basketball player from Lake Bluff, Illinois (suburban Chicago). Pelinka is currently the general manager of the Los Angeles Lakers.
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Stephen M. Ross Stephen M. Ross (born May 10, 1940) is an American real estate developer, philanthropist and sports team owner. Ross is the chairman and majority owner of The Related Companies, a global real estate development firm he founded in 1972. Related is best known for developing the Time Warner Center, where Ross lives and works, as well as the Hudson Yards Redevelopment Project. According to "Forbes" magazine, Ross had a net worth of $12 billion. Ross is also the principal owner of the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium.
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Bill Davidson (businessman) William Morse "Bill" Davidson, J. D. (December 5, 1922 – March 13, 2009) was an American businessman. He was President, Chairman and CEO of Guardian Industries, one of the world's largest manufacturers of architectural and automotive glass. He was also owner of several North American professional sports teams and a member of the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.
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Herbert Jay Stern Herbert Jay Stern (born November 8, 1936) is a New Jersey criminal defense lawyer. Earlier in his career, Stern served as a federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey and the United States Court for Berlin. He presided over a hijacking trial that was the only case ever tried in an American court in the occupied American Sector of West Berlin. He wrote a book about that case, "Judgment in Berlin", which became a movie in which his role was played by Martin Sheen. He was part of the team that successfully handled several major corruption and organized crime trials in New Jersey. These are memorialized in his recent book, "Diary of a DA: The True Story of the Prosecutor Who Took On the Mob, Fought Corruption, and Won". (2012)
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2010 Euroleague American Tour The 2010 Euroleague American Tour was the second American Tour organized by the Euroleague in the USA. The games were part of the NBA's preseason schedule and allowed the Euroleague teams to display some of their very particular characteristics to the American public, even under NBA rules. The Euroleague teams that participated in the second edition were CSKA Moscow and Caja Laboral. On the other hand, the NBA franchises that played against them were the Miami Heat, the Memphis Grizzlies, the San Antonio Spurs, the Oklahoma City Thunder, and the Cleveland Cavaliers.
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Jeffrey W. Greenberg Jeffrey Wayne Greenberg (born 1951) is an American lawyer and business executive who served as chairman and CEO of Marsh & McLennan Companies from 1999 to 2004.
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Fay Vincent Francis Thomas Vincent Jr. (born May 29, 1938), known as Fay Vincent, is a former entertainment lawyer and sports executive who served as the eighth Commissioner of Major League Baseball from September 13, 1989 to September 7, 1992.
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Dave Corzine David John Corzine (born April 25, 1956) is an American retired professional basketball player in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
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David S. Blitzer David S. Blitzer (born 1970) is a partial owner of the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League, Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association, Crystal Palace FC of the English Premier League and a senior executive at the private equity firm Blackstone Group.
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Jerry Sterner Jerry Sterner (15 September 1938 – 11 June 2001) was an American businessman and playwright, best known for the play "Other People's Money".
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Rick Fox Ulrich Alexander "Rick" Fox (born July 24, 1969) is a Canadian-Bahamian film and television actor, businessman, retired basketball player, and eSports franchise owner. He played in the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the Boston Celtics and Los Angeles Lakers, and played college basketball for the North Carolina Tar Heels. Fox is currently a Founding Partner at Vision Venture Partners, spearheading the private equity firm’s move into professional eSports and providing strategic guidance, creative direction and business development support to each of VVP's portfolio companies. He is also the owner of premier eSports franchise Echo Fox.
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Satch Sanders Thomas Ernest "Satch" Sanders (born November 8, 1938) is an American retired college and professional basketball player and coach. He was a 6'6", 210 lb power forward. Sanders is tied for third for most NBA championships in a career, and is one of three NBA players with an unsurpassed 8–0 record in NBA Finals series outcomes. On April 4, 2011, it was announced that Sanders was elected to the 2011 class to enter the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame as a contributor.
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Reggie Kirk Reginald Dewayne “Reggie” Kirk is an American former professional basketball player, entrepreneur, basketball trainer, personal trainer, and sports official.
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List of NBA champions The National Basketball Association (NBA) (formerly Basketball Association of America (BAA) from 1946–49) Finals is the championship series for the NBA and the conclusion of the NBA's postseason. All Finals have been played in a best-of-seven format, and contested between the winners of the Eastern Conference and the Western Conference (formerly Divisions before 1970), except in in which the Eastern Division champion faced the winner between the Western and Central Division champions. Prior to 1949, the playoffs were instituted a three-stage tournament where the two semifinal winners played each other in the finals. The winning team of the series receives the Larry O'Brien Championship Trophy.