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Published · transcript-backedDavid Rosenthal: belief
30 Sept 2020 Acquired The NBA
“Silver (of course) was Stern's deputy, but I think he also started as a lawyer before joining the NBA.”
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- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
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- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 30 Sept 2020
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- The NBA
Transcript context
…By the way, this story so far, his background is identical to the Major League Baseball Commissioner. He was outside counsel, worked at a law firm, eventually went in-house counsel with the MLB, and rose up. No way. I didn't know that. I think this is actually a pretty standard path to commish. Silver (of course) was Stern's deputy, but I think he also started as a lawyer before joining the NBA. Mostly need to do lawyer stuff, so it makes a lot of sense.…
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