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Maurice Podoloff stepped down as NBA commissioner in 1963. During his period in office, he had helped increase fan interest during the NBA's formative years and improved the overall welfare of the sport of basketball through his foresight, wisdom, and leadership. In his honor, the NBA would name its
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from the league for life in response to racist comments made by Sterling, during a private telephone conversation with Sterling's girlfriend. Additionally, he fined Sterling US$ 2.5 million, the maximum allowed under the NBA Constitution, and urged owners to vote to expel Sterling from ownership of
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was unanimously approved to succeed David Stern as Commissioner of the NBA. Originally the Deputy Commissioner from 2006 through 2014, he was a protege of David Stern, who endorsed Silver to be his replacement in October 2013. Previously, Silver worked as senior vice president of
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Following a Board of Governors meeting in October 2012, Stern announced that he would retire from the office of Commissioner by February 1, 2014. It was also announced that he would be succeeded by then-Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer
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However, his league was troubled by public relations issues through his tenure, especially after the merger. He was generally pushed by his staff into many of his decisions, most notably by his successor as NBA commissioner,
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in 1949. As a lawyer with no previous basketball experience, Podoloff's great organizational and administrative skills were later regarded as the key factor that kept the league alive in its often stormy formative years.
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which quickened the pace of games, and took the NBA from a slow plodding game to a fast-paced sport. In 1954, Podoloff also increased national recognition of the game immensely by securing its first television contract.
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The arrival of Michael Jordan, in particular, ushered in a new era of commercial bounty for the NBA. With him came his flair and talent for the game, and that brought in source contracts from
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The new commissioner came into the NBA when the league was struggling with only nine teams, no television contract, sagging attendance and competition from the increasingly popular
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The NBA now has eleven offices in cities outside the United States, is televised in 215 countries around the world in 43 languages, and operates the WNBA and the
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His title was changed to "commissioner" in 1967. Kennedy was also the commissioner who upheld the first protest ever in the NBA, which was the one filed by the
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Instituted a minimum age of 19 to be eligible for the draft, beginning in 2005. This led to a proliferation of "one-and-done" players in college basketball.
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with a $ 500 fine for rowdy conduct during a pre-season 1963 game. At the time, it was the largest fine ever levied against a coach or player in the NBA.
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In 17 years as president, Podoloff expanded the NBA to as many as 19 teams. He also briefly formed three divisions and scheduled 558 games.
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became an iron-handed executive and let everyone know precisely where he stood on issues. Kennedy quickly exerted his authority, slapping
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as his Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer. Tatum is the first African-American Deputy Commissioner of the NBA in history.
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Established the "No tolerance rule" in 2006, allowing officials to assign technical fouls on players for complaining about officiating.
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agreements with the NBA players' union and lobbied for eligibility changes that directly led to the Dream Team of 1992.
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in 1985, only to move back to the 2–2–1–1–1 format in October 2013 at the behest of his second Deputy Commissioner,
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During his tenure, Podoloff introduced the collegiate draft in 1947, and in 1954 instituted the 24 second
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Six years into Silver's tenure, he announced that the league would suspend operations as a result of
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which helped to give the league even more national attention. Jordan and the two other premier
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became the commissioner of the NBA, succeeding Larry O'Brien. It was during that same year (
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annual citizenship award recognizing "outstanding service and dedication to the community"
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Gate receipts doubled and television revenue tripled during his time as commissioner
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As the commissioner of the NBA, he was the one who gave lifetime suspensions to
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was the first president of the NBA. He served from the league's founding as the
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Walter Kennedy was also instrumental in bringing an annual NBA game to
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top-level professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada
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Oversaw the adoption of the three-point field goal in the NBA (
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and restored peace to a league in the midst of legal turmoil (
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into the NBA, negotiated television-broadcast agreements with
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Annual NBA attendance reached 10 million during his tenure
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Playing for Keeps: Michael Jordan and the World he Made
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Chief executive of the National Basketball Association
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After the BAA signed several of the top names in the
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in honor of his service to the sport of basketball.
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Coordinated the NBA's richest TV contract to date (
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