NBA Commish Stern to Step Down in 2014

League boss caps a 30-year run

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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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