NBA-Former Commissioner Stern dies at 77, made league 'truly global brand'

- Former National Basketball Association Commissioner David Stern, who oversaw the explosive growth in the popularity of the game during his 30-year tenure, died on Wednesday at the age of 77, the league said.

“Every member of the NBA family is the beneficiary of David’s vision, generosity and inspiration,” Silver, who worked with Stern for 22 years, said in a statement.Under Stern, the NBA experienced extraordinary growth, with seven new franchises - including expansion to Canada in 1995 - a more than 30-fold increase in revenue, a dramatic gain in national TV exposure and the launch of the Women’s National Basketball Association and NBA Development League.

Stern’s greatest accomplishment as commissioner is widely considered to be the way he transformed the NBA, once largely an unknown commodity outside the United States, into a globally televised powerhouse. “David Stern earned and deserved inclusion in our land of giants,” the National Basketball Players Association added in a statement.

The 1992 “Dream Team” - the first U.S. Olympic men’s basketball squad to include active players from the NBA - was another special moment. Johnson remembered that journey on Wednesday: “When David allowed me to play in the 1992 All Star Game in Orlando and then play for the Olympic Dream Team, we were able to change the world,” he said on Twitter.

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Oh-My-God/OmniabsoluteGravitational-Constant: Hence 'David Stern' was a similitude of 'Abe Lincoln' in a different era in the United States of America. (let the DESCENDANTS keep emulating the Ancestors). 'as it ought to be & tis well'.🇺🇸

Which is why i can’t get Nets tickets for less than $250 each. nba

Great man at the helm of NBA. In our country the Philippines very sad that the NBA games are not shown here anymore. We never know the reason...we guess it was a conflict about money. They value now money than the fans love of NBA.

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