Plenty of high's and low's in his 20 years as the commish Here are a few articles,interviews and overall grade of what Stern has done The offical date for his 20th year is on the 1st of february <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">David Stern has single-handedly done more as commissioner of the NBA over a 20-year tenure than any other top executive in sports history. Franchise values have soared from $15 million to $300 million. Total gross revenues from licensed products have risen from $10 million to more than $3 billion. Overall league revenues have jumped from $118 million to more than $3 billion, and U.S. television rights now average $765 million annually, which is up 13,000 percent since Stern first took office on Feb. 1, 1984. That doesn't include even international broadcast rights, as games are now aired in 212 countries in 42 different languages.</div> Mark Stein's View Sam Smith's View Grading the Commish
Yea Yep, congrats to David on this 20 year anniversary. He has changed and saved the pro game. The average team worth was approx 15 million when he came into the league in 84, and for example the Nets have just been sold for 300 million. Great milestone.
