David Stern, who spent 30 years as the NBA’s longest-serving commissioner, has died on New Year’s Day at 77 years old.
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Instead, after serving as the NBA’s executive vice-president of business and legal affairs from 1980-84, he replaced Larry O’Brien as commissioner.
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