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'''Adam Silver''' is the Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer of the [[National Basketball Association]]. He has held this post since July 2006. On October 25, 2012, he was endorsed by [[David Stern]] to be the next [[NBA]] [[commissioner]] when Stern announced that he will step down as NBA commissioner on February 1, 2014.<ref>[http://ken-berger.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/11838893/34991875 Stern anoints Silver as successor]</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8550645/david-stern-retire-nba-commissioner-2014 |title=David Stern has date for retirement |author= |date=25 October 2012 |work=ESPN.com |publisher=ESPN |accessdate=25 October 2012}}</ref>
Silver began working for the NBA in 1992. Before assuming his current role, Silver has held the positions of Special Assistant to the Commissioner, NBA Chief of Staff, Senior Vice President of NBA Entertainment, and [[President of NBA Entertainment]].<ref>[http://www.nba.com/careers/executives/silver.html Profile from NBA.com]</ref> Silver was an executive producer of the [[IMAX]] movie ''Michael Jordan to the Max'', as well as the TNT documentary ''[[Whatever Happened to Micheal Ray?]]'' He also worked on the production side of ''Like Mike'' and ''Year of the Yao''.
In 2003, Silver was named to ''[[TIME Magazine]]'' and ''[[CNN]]''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s list of Global Business Influentials; he has also been named to ''The Sporting News''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "100 Most Powerful People in Sports" on multiple occasions.
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==References==
*[http://www.nba.com/news/silver_060419.html Press release announcing Silver's appointment as Deputy Commissioner]
*[http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/8550645/david-stern-announce-retire-2014-sources-say]
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