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==Early life==
Silver grew up north of [[New York City]] in Rye, New York, [[Westchester County]], the son of a law partner at [[Proskauer Rose]]. From an early age, Silver was a Knicks fan.<ref>http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/50626/adam-silver-the-nbas-next-commissioner</ref>
Silver attended [[Duke University]] and was initiated as a brother of [[Phi Delta Theta]]. He graduated from [[Duke University]] in 1984 and received a 1988 law degree from the [[University of Chicago]].<ref>http://m.dukechronicle.com/article/duke-alum-adam-silver-named-next-nba-commissioner#/article/duke-alum-adam-silver-named-next-nba-commissioner</ref> Before joining the NBA, he served as a litigation associate at [[Cravath, Swaine & Moore]], a law firm in New York. Silver also worked as a [[law clerk]] to Judge [[Kimba Wood]], a federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.<ref>http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-10-25/nba-commissioner-stern-to-step-down-in-2014-replaced-by-silver</ref>
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