The most powerful person in the NBA and perhaps the entire basketball world is the commissioner of the NBA. He is more or less the CEO of the NBA and controls both the business aspect of the league and the game itself. It is his job to run the league, but also punish teams for rule violations, help create new rules and create a Collective Bargaining Agreement with the NBA Player's Association, the union for NBA Players. Their have been 5 commissioners since the creation of the league in 1946.
The list of people who have held the position is as follows;
Maurice Podoloff (1946-1963)
J. Walter Kennedy (1963-1975)
Larry O'Brien (1975-1984)
David Stern (1984-2014)
Adam Silver (2014-Present)
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