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After 30 years as commissioner of the NBA that saw the league become a global sports powerhouse, David Stern's reign ended not with a bang but with a tweet. The league announced Saturday morning on its Twitter page that Adam Silver had officially replaced Stern as commissioner exactly 30 years to the day from when the 71-year-old son of a New York deli owner took the job. "It's official: Adam silver succeeds David Stern as NBA commissioner" read the note with an attached photo of Stern shaking hands with Silver, the long-time assistant deputy commissioner who was holding a basketball with the view from the commissioner's office of New York in the background. Twitter did not even exist when Stern took over an NBA whose games were often shown on tape delay, but navigating the league through technological evolutions was merely one of Stern's legacies.
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