As commissioner of the NBA, Stern was like the membership chairman of an upscale country club. When he met in New York with Stern in 1992, to discuss the possible purchase, Tanenbaum didn’t realize he was walking into a storm. David Stern ran a phenomenal league in a phenomenal and occasionally singular way. “I am extremely saddened at the passing of my mentor and long-time friend David Stern,” he said in a statement released Wednesday. On the passing of David Stern, the chairman of the board of the NBA just happens to be Larry Tanenbaum.

Source: National Post January 02, 2020 00:00 UTC