The National Basketball Association today announced that commissioner David Stern will retire on Feb. 1, 2014, drawing to a close his 30-year tenure.
Stern will be replaced by NBA deputy commissioner Adam Silver.
The announcement was made at an NBA Board of Governors meeting in New York, after which Stern made a brief statement to the press.
“It’s been a great run, and it will continue for another 15 months,” Stern said. “The league is in, I think, terrific condition.
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