Former National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern dies at 77
Former National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern dies at 77 following brain hemorrhage on Dec. 12 and underwent emergency surgery. David Stern leads the NBA foe 3 decades, building up an empire of a league.
However, David Stern help the NBA become a multibillion-dollar business and making fans all across the globe. From China to Japan, to France to Italy, Russia to Korea, and everywhere you could find a television that has American ties to it. The National Basketball Association became a mega league under his leadership and power.
David Stern serves as commissioner from 1984 until 2014. Not to mention, Mr. Stern was a powerful lawyer and won numerous cases for the NBA.
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Tim Duncan, the five-times NBA Champion call his retirement too. Tim Duncan is one of the all-time power forward in the history of the NBA. Duncan played 19 seasons in the NBA with the San Antonio Spurs. Here are some facts about the future first-ballot Hall of Fame NBA player. He was the NBA Final MVP from 1999, 2003, and 2005. Also, he won the NBA Most Valuable Player twice from 2002, 2003, and NBA All-Star in 2000.
Duncan was also on the All-NBA First Team 10 during his career. From 1999 to 2003, 2005, and from 2007 and 2008, he was on the NBA All-Defensive Team. The league knew that Duncan is going to be a star while he won the NBA Rookie of the Year in 1998. Most players from the Spurs said that Tim was one of the best teammates that they ever played with and a great leader and teacher as well.
Duncan is San Antonio Spurs’ all-time leading scorer with 26,496 points. Good luck, Tim Duncan and his family, while retired. He will start a new beginning in life — no more travel or being gone five or six days out of the week because of road games. Duncan will have more time to spend with his family while retired.