Question: What American lawyer and businessman succeeded David Stern to be the Commissioner of the NBA?

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J. David Stern: Julius David Stern (April 1, 1886 – October 10, 1971) (ofter referred to as J. David Stern) was an American newspaper publisher, best known as the liberal Democratic publisher of "The Philadelphia Record" from 1928 to 1947, as well as other newspapers including the "New York Post" from 1933 to 1939.

NBA G League: The NBA G League is the National Basketball Association's official minor league basketball organization.  The league was known as the National Basketball Development League (NBDL) from 2001 to 2005, and the NBA Development League (NBA D-League) from 2005 until 2017.  The league started with eight teams until NBA commissioner David Stern announced a plan to expand the NBA D-League to fifteen teams and develop it into a true minor league farm system, with each NBA D-League team affiliated with one or more NBA teams in March 2005.  At the conclusion of the 2013–14 NBA season, 33% of NBA players had spent time in the NBA D-League, up from 23% in 2011.  As of the 2017–18 season, the league consists of 26 teams, all of which are either single-affiliated or owned by an NBA team.

2012 NBA All-Star Game: The 2012 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game which was played on February 26, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. EST at the Amway Center in Orlando, Florida, home of the Orlando Magic.  This game was the 61st edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 2011–12 NBA season.  The Orlando Magic were awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by commissioner David Stern on May 4, 2010.  This was also the second time that Orlando has hosted the All-Star Game; the city had previously hosted the event in 1992 in the Orlando Arena, the Magic's previous home arena.  This game also marked the first time an Eastern Conference city hosted an All-Star game since Atlanta in 2003.  Despite the 2011 NBA lockout, which reduced the regular season to sixty-six games on a condensed schedule, the All-Star Game took place as scheduled.  The Western Conference team defeated the Eastern Conference team 152–149.

Commissioner of the NBA: The Commissioner of the NBA is the chief executive of the National Basketball Association.  The current commissioner is Adam Silver after he succeeded David Stern on February 1, 2014.

NBA dress code: On October 17, 2005, National Basketball Association commissioner David Stern announced the implementation of a mandatory dress code for all NBA and NBA Development League players.  This was especially noteworthy because the NBA became the first major professional sports league to implement such a rule, although National Hockey League rules state that a player is supposed to wear a jacket and tie to games and on charters if not told otherwise by the head coach or general manager.  The dress code went into effect at the start of the 2005–06 NBA season.

2011 NBA All-Star Game: The 2011 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game that was played on February 20, 2011 at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California, home of the Los Angeles Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers.  This game was the 60th edition of the National Basketball Association (NBA) All-Star Game and was played during the 2010–11 NBA season.  The Los Angeles Clippers and Los Angeles Lakers served as the hosts.  The Clippers and Lakers were both awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by commissioner David Stern on June 9, 2009.  This was the second time that the Staples Center had hosted the All-Star Game; the arena had previously hosted the event in 2004.  This will be the fifth time that Los Angeles had hosted the All-Star Game; before Staples Center opened in 1999, the city had previously hosted the event in 1963, 1972, and 1983.  Rihanna, Kanye West and Drake were the halftime performers, while Keri Hilson, Lenny Kravitz and Bruno Mars were the entertainment for pre-show festivities.

Adam Silver: Adam Silver (born April 25, 1962) is an American lawyer and businessman, who is currently the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

David Falk: David B. Falk (born 1950) is an American sports agent who primarily works with basketball players in the National Basketball Association.  Falk began his career representing professional tennis players for Donald Dell's ProServ and is best known for representing sports icon Michael Jordan for the entirety of Jordan's career.  Besides Jordan, Falk has represented more than 100 other NBA players, and is generally considered to be the most influential player agent the NBA has seen.  During the peak years of Falk's career in the 1990s, he was often considered the second-most powerful person in the NBA behind Commissioner David Stern, and in 2000 he had at least one client on all but two NBA teams.  He was listed among the "100 Most Powerful People in Sports" for 12 straight years from 1990 to 2001 by "The Sporting News", and was also named one of the Top 50 Marketers in the United States by Advertising Age in 1995.

2010 NBA All-Star Game: The 2010 NBA All-Star Game was an exhibition basketball game between players selected from the National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Western Conference and the Eastern Conference that was played on February 14, 2010 at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas United States.  This game was the 59th edition of the NBA All-Star Game and was played during the 2009–10 NBA season.  This was the second time that the Dallas/Fort Worth metropolitan area had hosted the All-Star Game; the area had previously hosted the event in 1986.  Dallas was awarded the All-Star Game in an announcement by commissioner David Stern on October 30, 2008.

Jerry Sloan: Gerald Eugene Sloan (born March 28, 1942) is an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame.  Former NBA commissioner David Stern called Sloan "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history".  Sloan had a career regular-season win–loss record of 1,221–803, placing him third all-time in NBA wins at the time he retired.  Sloan was only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 victories and is one of two coaches in NBA history to record 1,000 wins with one club (the Utah Jazz).  He also coached for one team longer than anyone in NBA history.  The 2009–10 season was his 22nd season (and 21st full season) as coach of the Jazz.  Sloan coached the Jazz to 15 consecutive playoff appearances from 1989 to 2003.  Although he never won a Coach of the Year award, he is one of only four coaches in NBA history with 15-plus consecutive seasons with a winning record (Gregg Popovich, Pat Riley and Phil Jackson are the others).  He led Utah to the NBA Finals in 1997 and 1998, but lost to the Chicago Bulls both times.

Supporting paragraphs: Commissioner of the NBA Adam Silver
Answer: Adam Silver