David Stern - Wikipedia
Instead of marketing the league's teams, he changed the focus to its star players, such as Magic Johnson and Larry Bird, and Michael Jordan and Charles Barkley from the 1984 NBA draft, which was held soon after Stern took office.
1985 NBA draft - Wikipedia
These players were not selected in the 1985 draft but played at least one game in the NBA. Some have argued that NBA Commissioner David Stern fixed the first overall pick to help his hometown team, the struggling New York Knicks.
"You Wanna Play Where It's Hot Or Where It's Cold ... - The …
Mar 1, 2024 · Shaquille O'Neal recalls meeting David Stern before the draft, tells his interview hosts about how the draft could have been rigged.
Bill Simmons claims that David Stern fixed the 1985 Draft Lottery ...
Apr 8, 2023 · Former NBA Commissioner David Stern was accused of rigging the 1985 NBA Draft Lottery in favor of the Knicks. It looked like the Accounting Firm guy intentionally hit the Knicks' envelope against the metal rod to create a big crease.
David Stern's last draft pick announcement of his career!
Jun 27, 2013 · Check out NBA League Commissioner David Stern as he makes the final draft pick announcement of his career and is greeted with a standing ovation from the fans & a surprise visit from hall of...
David Stern's 30-year history at the NBA draft! - YouTube
Take a look back over the last three decades at the career of David Stern at the NBA draft as we revisit some of his more memorable lottery pick announcement...
The Frozen Envelope: David Stern, Patrick Ewing and the 1985 NBA Draft …
In 1985 young NBA Commissioner, David Stern had had enough of NBA teams tanking for the top draft pick. So he came up with the idea for a lottery to be broad...
VIDEO: Hakeem Olajuwon surprises David Stern at NBA Draft
Jun 27, 2013 · An unpredictable draft had a really great moment to cap off the first round, with a Hall-of-Fame center bringing Stern's career full circle. BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- David Stern came full circle as he...
NBA commissioner David Stern was a complete force of nature
Jan 1, 2020 · On the night of the 2007 NBA draft lottery, David Stern sat in the temporary bleachers lining the NBA's Secaucus, New Jersey, television studios and seethed. The three finalists had been...
David Stern greeted by boos at his final NBA Draft as commissioner
Jun 27, 2013 · BROOKLYN, N.Y. -- The boos rained down once more, and with typical, playful (and ironic) vim toward David Stern on Thursday night. It's the NBA Draft, Stern's final one as commissioner of the...