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Maurice Podoloff was the first president of the NBA. He served from the league's founding as the Basketball Association of America (BAA) in 1946 until 1963.. After the BAA signed several of the top names in the National Basketball League (NBL) into the league, Podoloff negotiated a merger between the two groups to form the National Basketball Association in 1949.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 5 February 2025. American businessman and NBA commissioner Not to be confused with American author Adam Silvera. Adam Silver Official portrait, 2014 5th Commissioner of the NBA Incumbent Assumed office February 1, 2014 Deputy Mark Tatum Preceded by David Stern Deputy Commissioner of the NBA In office ...
The 10-year anniversary of Silver taking over as commissioner and replacing his mentor David Stern in the NBA's top job is Thursday. Silver is typically happy to talk at length about just about ...
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is about to celebrate his 10th anniversary in office. Silver is finalizing an extension to remain as commissioner of the NBA for several more years, a person with ...
This story was updated with new information. Millions of viewers tuned in to watch the U.S. men's basketball team, led by NBA superstars Stephen Curry and LeBron James, defeat host country France ...
Appointed commissioner in 1975, O'Brien oversaw the ABA–NBA merger and negotiated a broadcast agreement with CBS Television while seeing game attendance significantly increase. In response to public relations issues after the merger, O'Brien pushed for an anti-drug agreement with the NBA Players Association to improve the league's image.
The NBA is the only league that plays 48-minute games; Olympic games and college basketball games, meanwhile, are 40 minutes long. (College games are played as two 20-minute halves.)