Adam Silver

And I'm definitely rooting for Luka to demonstrate to the world what a great player he is in L.A.

You have your job and I have my job. Your job is to create trades. My job is to make sure they comply with league rules.

You have your job and I have my job. Your job is to create trades. My job is to make sure they comply with league rules.

You have your job and I have my job. Your job is to create trades. My job is to make sure they comply with league rules.

It is true. So I was practicing law in New York, just had only been a lawyer for a few years. and decided I wanted to do something different. I'm still happy I went to law school. It's been very helpful to me over the years. But I wrote David a letter. This is pre-internet, where you wrote letters and mailed them. And I actually was looking for advice.

It is true. So I was practicing law in New York, just had only been a lawyer for a few years. and decided I wanted to do something different. I'm still happy I went to law school. It's been very helpful to me over the years. But I wrote David a letter. This is pre-internet, where you wrote letters and mailed them. And I actually was looking for advice.

It is true. So I was practicing law in New York, just had only been a lawyer for a few years. and decided I wanted to do something different. I'm still happy I went to law school. It's been very helpful to me over the years. But I wrote David a letter. This is pre-internet, where you wrote letters and mailed them. And I actually was looking for advice.

It wasn't so much that I thought I wanted to work at the NBA. And I'm always telling young people this story because it's so different these days where you can go on the internet and find out all kinds of information about the NBA and what happens in the league office. And there's all these sites where they rate people's jobs.

It wasn't so much that I thought I wanted to work at the NBA. And I'm always telling young people this story because it's so different these days where you can go on the internet and find out all kinds of information about the NBA and what happens in the league office. And there's all these sites where they rate people's jobs.

It wasn't so much that I thought I wanted to work at the NBA. And I'm always telling young people this story because it's so different these days where you can go on the internet and find out all kinds of information about the NBA and what happens in the league office. And there's all these sites where they rate people's jobs.

And they talk about whether they think they're fairly compensated and all that. I was seeing none of that existed in those days. And so David was someone who had worked at a law firm in New York before he had made the transition. He came over to the NBA as the general counsel before he was the commissioner. But I wrote him a letter saying, I'm also a lawyer in New York.

And they talk about whether they think they're fairly compensated and all that. I was seeing none of that existed in those days. And so David was someone who had worked at a law firm in New York before he had made the transition. He came over to the NBA as the general counsel before he was the commissioner. But I wrote him a letter saying, I'm also a lawyer in New York.

And they talk about whether they think they're fairly compensated and all that. I was seeing none of that existed in those days. And so David was someone who had worked at a law firm in New York before he had made the transition. He came over to the NBA as the general counsel before he was the commissioner. But I wrote him a letter saying, I'm also a lawyer in New York.

I'd be interested in making the transition. I wasn't so sure that it would be to a sports league. And in fact, at the time, I worked for a law firm that was representing HBO. And I was fascinated with the media business. And David, at that time, had recently done some of the initial cable deals, where it was the early days of TBS, and he'd done a broadcast deal.

I'd be interested in making the transition. I wasn't so sure that it would be to a sports league. And in fact, at the time, I worked for a law firm that was representing HBO. And I was fascinated with the media business. And David, at that time, had recently done some of the initial cable deals, where it was the early days of TBS, and he'd done a broadcast deal.

I'd be interested in making the transition. I wasn't so sure that it would be to a sports league. And in fact, at the time, I worked for a law firm that was representing HBO. And I was fascinated with the media business. And David, at that time, had recently done some of the initial cable deals, where it was the early days of TBS, and he'd done a broadcast deal.

Ted Turner was also an owner of the Atlanta Hawks, and he had done a deal with Ted Turner. He put NBA games on TBS. And because I was doing a lot of work for HBO, David Stern's name kept coming up in the context of media. So I wrote him a letter saying, I'm interested in making this transition. If you ever had time, I'd love to meet you and talk to you. I'd actually met him once before.

Ted Turner was also an owner of the Atlanta Hawks, and he had done a deal with Ted Turner. He put NBA games on TBS. And because I was doing a lot of work for HBO, David Stern's name kept coming up in the context of media. So I wrote him a letter saying, I'm interested in making this transition. If you ever had time, I'd love to meet you and talk to you. I'd actually met him once before.

Ted Turner was also an owner of the Atlanta Hawks, and he had done a deal with Ted Turner. He put NBA games on TBS. And because I was doing a lot of work for HBO, David Stern's name kept coming up in the context of media. So I wrote him a letter saying, I'm interested in making this transition. If you ever had time, I'd love to meet you and talk to you. I'd actually met him once before.

He had worked at one point at the same law firm as my father. I didn't really know David, but the sort of letter began, I am the son of such and such, and hoping that that would sort of build a bridge to him. I remember he called me. And I think in those days, too, you were used to sending a letter and not hearing back for, in some cases, weeks. It was just everything moved at a different pace.