NBA Commissioners David Stern wants deputy Adam Silver to be his successor
On Saturday at a press conference in Orlando, NBA commissioner David Stern made two important revelations about what he thinks will be the future of NBA. Stern, who had said after the last NBA lockout that he will be retiring in
5 years, reiterated his earlier statement and nominated Adam Silver as the man most capable of stepping into his shoes.
Silver is a top notch executive who has dedicated more than 20 years of hard work to establish NBA as world’s finest sports league. After a unanimous approval from board of governors in 2006, Silver became the chief operating officer
and deputy commissioner of NBA. Before that he had served in the capacity Chief operating officer and president of NBA entertainment for 8 years.
"I guess I would say that one of the things that a good CEO does, and I try to be a good CEO, is provide his board with a spectacular choice for its successor, and I think I've done that, and that's Adam," Stern said, with Silver
sitting at a table to his right.
"That's ultimately, if I had the decision, if I were doing it myself, he would be the commissioner."
Adam has innumerable accomplishments under his belt most importantly he played a cardinal role in the successful negotiations of league’s last two television agreements. Moreover it was Silver, who played a key role in brokering
a deal on the new CBA with the NBA players association late last year. Without his arbitration, the 5 months stalemate between the owners and the players would have been impossible to overcome.
During his tenure, NBA has launched its 24 hours television channel and has created its own network - NBA.com - that encompasses more than 60 websites. The announcement was in the pipeline for quite some time, but it is not Stern
but the board of governors, who will have the final say.
If the NBA team owners deem Silver as an un-appropriate option for the Commish role, they can vote to bring in somebody new. Whether that will happen is anybody’s guess, but one thing is sure, that when the chapter of the Collective
Bargaining Agreement will re-open in 2017, Stern won’t be around to supervise.
"I'm not going to be here when it either is or isn't reopened in six years," he remarked.
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