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		</div><p>Former NBA commissioner David Stern has died aged 77, three weeks after suffering a brain haemorrhage.</p>
<p>The New Jersey native began his association with the league in 1966 before he became commissioner in 1984, and spent the next three decades growing into it a successful global business.</p>
<p>He suffered a brain hemorrhage on December 12 and underwent emergency surgery, but died on Tuesday at his New York home with his wife, Dianne, and their family at his bedside.</p>
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<p lang="en" dir="ltr">The game changed in so many ways under David Stern’s leadership and vision. He demanded the best of everyone because he gave it himself. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Respect?src=hash&;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Respect</a> Thank you Commissioner. RIP ðð¾ <a href="https://t.co/veT9GQfrdC">pic.twitter.com/veT9GQfrdC</a></p>
<p>&mdash; Kobe Bryant (@kobebryant) <a href="https://twitter.com/kobebryant/status/1212518570237628416?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2020</a></p></blockquote>
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<p><em>“The entire basketball community is heartbroken,”</em> the National Basketball Players Association said.</p>
<p><em>“David Stern earned and deserved inclusion in our land of giants.”</em></p>
<p>Mr Stern was involved in modernising the league with the drug testing program, the implementation of the salary cap and the creation of a dress code.</p>
<p>He turned countless ballplayers into celebrities who were known around the globe by one name: Magic, Jordan, Kobe, LeBron, just to name a few.</p>
<p>Mr Stern oversaw the birth of seven new franchises and the creation of the WNBA and NBA Development League, now the G League, providing opportunities to pursue careers playing basketball in the United States that previously were not available.</p>
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