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Who has been the best commissioner in the league's history and why (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by CheapScientist06@alien.top to c/nba@nba.space

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I just listened to the JJ Redick podcast with Adam Silver and it made me start thinking who the best commissioner has been in the league's history. I feel like Stern was kind of wild at times but Silver's also made some mistakes too.

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[–] Yuuuuuuuuuuki@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

[–] grantforthree@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Stern
O’Brien
Podoloff
Kennedy
Silver

In that order

[–] agk927@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Stern. Pre 2015 you had to be a real man to play in the nba.

[–] Muskarat@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Stern was a top tier heel. Silver can’t get over to save his life.

[–] IHateYouKids@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It's NOT Stern.

The Jordan cover-up.

2002 WCF

Frozen envelope.

Malice In The Palace

Tim Donaghy.

Spurs vs Suns

Seattle debacle

2 lockouts

Stern got lucky Jordan was around, and if he didn't have a Jordan he would have made one. The most gangster of commissioners across all major sports, he was a problem in contract negotiations also. When Seattle was denied a team in 2013 he spit on them afterwards: "Excuse me, I have a playoff game to get to in OKC."

[–] Uebelkraehe@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Let me guess, r/conspiracy is your favorite sub.

[–] HarbingerJohnny@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

O’Brien, Podoloff, Silver, Stern and Kennedy. Stern was so corrupt and even as a non-Seattle fan it really fucking annoyed me how they lost their team, and corruption within the league. Jordan was a major factor for why we look at Stern so favorably.

[–] Louis-grabbing-pills@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

"I just listened to the JJ Redick..."

I stop caring after that part.

[–] DubsFanAccount@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

I don’t remember anyone before Stern so just saying not Silver. His decisions are just confusing most of the time and seem to focus more on short term wins rather than any long term strategy. I get that he’s really just acting on behalf of ownership but it’s your job to convince them to think long term sometimes.

A small thing that’s maybe illustrative is just the NBA’s early obsession with winning Twitter. It’s like he forgot where revenue came from.