Flashcards: National Basketball Association executives

Micky Arison (born June 29, 1949) is an Israeli-American businessman and chairman of Carnival Corporation, the world's largest cruise operator.

Richard Albert "Dick" Van Arsdale (born February 22, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, and a current National Basketball Association (NBA) executive.

Leonard Randolph "Lenny" Wilkens (born October 28, 1937) is an American retired basketball player and coach in the National Basketball Association (NBA).

William John "Billy" Cunningham (born June 3, 1943) is an American former professional basketball player and coach, who was nicknamed the Kangaroo Kid.

Walter Frederick "Wally" Walker (born July 18, 1954) is an American former professional basketball player.

Joe Dumars III (born May 24, 1963) is an American retired basketball player in the National Basketball Association.

George Shinn (born May 11, 1941) is the former owner of the Charlotte/New Orleans Hornets as well the Charlotte Knights and Gastonia Rangers minor league baseball teams along with the Raleigh–Durham Skyhawks of the World League of American Football.

Enos Stanley "Stan" Kroenke (/ˈkroʊŋki/; born July 29, 1947) is an American business entrepreneur.

Leslie L. Alexander (born 1944) is an American attorney, businessman and financier.

Frederick Appleton "Fred" Schaus (June 30, 1925 – February 10, 2010) was an American basketball player, head coach and athletic director for the West Virginia University Mountaineers, player for the National Basketball Association's Fort Wayne Pistons and New York Knicks, general manager and head coach for the Los Angeles Lakers, head coach of Purdue University basketball, and a member of the NCAA Basketball Committee.

Lowell "Cotton" Fitzsimmons (October 7, 1931 – July 24, 2004) was an American college and NBA basketball coach.

Mario Ančić (Croatian pronunciation: [mâːrio âːntʃitɕ]; born 30 March 1984) is a retired Croatian professional tennis player.

Peter Kelly Tripucka (born February 16, 1959), is a retired American professional basketball player who played in the NBA from 1981 to 1991.

Vincent Joseph "Vince" Boryla (March 11, 1927 – March 27, 2016) was an American basketball player, coach and executive.

Billy Joe McCombs, known as Red McCombs (born October 19, 1927), is the billionaire founder of the Red McCombs Automotive Group in San Antonio, Texas, a co-founder of Clear Channel Communications, chairman of Constellis Group, a former owner of the San Antonio Spurs, Denver Nuggets, and the Minnesota Vikings, and the namesake of the McCombs School of Business at the University of Texas at Austin.

Robert Dean Ferry (born May 31, 1937) is an American retired basketball player and executive.

Jeffrey Pollack (born circa 1965) is a sports business consultant and former Commissioner of the World Series of Poker.

David "Dave" Gavitt (October 26, 1937 – September 16, 2011) was an American college basketball coach and athletic director at Providence College in Providence, Rhode Island.

Lawrence M. Tanenbaum OC (born 1945) is a Canadian businessman and chairman of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment (MLSE).

Daniel Biasone (February 22, 1909 – May 25, 1992) was the founding owner of the Syracuse Nationals, an NBA team now known as the Philadelphia 76ers.

Aubrey Kerr McClendon (July 14, 1959 – March 2, 2016) was an American businessman and the founder and chief executive officer of American Energy Partners, LP.

Brad Howard Greenberg (born February 24, 1954) is an American basketball coach who is the current head coach of Eskişehir Basket of Turkish Basketball League.

Jon Paul Jennings (born October 2, 1962 in Richmond, Indiana) is an American politician and basketball coach currently serving as City Manager for the City of Portland, Maine.

Pasquale "Pat" Croce (born November 2, 1954) is an American entrepreneur, sports team executive and owner, author, and TV personality.

Larry Weinberg (born January 23, 1926) is an American real estate developer who was one of the founders of the NBA's Portland Trail Blazers.

Robert W. "Bill" Daniels (July 1, 1920 – March 7, 2000) was a pioneer in the cable television industry, commonly known as the "father of cable television.

Robert Earl Short (July 20, 1917 – November 20, 1982) was an American businessman, sport teams owner and politician.

Fitz Eugene Dixon Jr.

Steve Belkin is the founder of Trans National Group, travel and other services, especially to affinity groups.

William R. "Billy" Knight (born June 9, 1952) is an American former professional basketball player who most recently served as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of the National Basketball Association's Atlanta Hawks from 2003–08.

Gillian Zucker (born 1969) is an American sports executive, currently serving as the president of business operations of the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association.

David Kahn (born July 28, 1961) is an American sports executive, attorney, and former sportswriter.

Gar Forman is an American basketball executive for the National Basketball Association's Chicago Bulls.

Haskell Cohen (March 12, 1914 – June 28, 2000) was the public relations director of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1950 to 1969.

Ben Kerner (June 9, 1913 – November 22, 2000) was an American professional basketball pioneer.

Franklin Mieuli (/ˈmjuːli/ MEW-lee; September 14, 1920 – April 25, 2010) was a San Francisco Bay Area radio and television producer who was best known as the principal owner of the Golden State Warriors from 1962 to 1986.

George Joseph Maloof Jr.

George Joseph Maloof Sr.

Stephen Pagliuca (born January 16, 1955) is an American private equity investor, co-chairman of Bain Capital, and co-owner of the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA).

Theodore J. "Ted" Stepien (June 9, 1925 – September 10, 2007) was an American businessman who owned the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1980 to 1983.

William Mervin McKinney III (born June 5, 1955) is a retired American professional basketball player and former radio broadcaster.

Dirk DeWayne Minniefield (born January 17, 1961) is an American retired professional basketball player.

Peter Charles Bernard Bynoe (born March 20, 1951) is a Chicago attorney and businessman, formerly the only African-American equity partner in the Chicago office of DLA Piper.

Herman Sarkowsky (June 9, 1925 – November 2, 2014) was a Seattle, Washington, United States businessman, philanthropist, thoroughbred breeder, and former sports executive.

Melvin "Mel" Simon (October 21, 1926 – September 16, 2009) was an American businessman and film producer, who co-founded the largest shopping mall company in the United States, the Simon Property Group, with his younger brother, Herb Simon.

Richard Andrew "Rick" Pitino (born September 18, 1952) is an American basketball coach.

Rick Pych (born in Hartford, Connecticut) is an American professional sports executive.

Robert Schmertz (November 15, 1926 – July 24, 1975) was an American real estate developer and sports franchise owner.

Robert Sarver (born 1961 in Tucson, Arizona) is the majority owner of the National Basketball Association franchise Phoenix Suns.

Bernard Tyrone "Bernie" Bickerstaff (born February 11, 1944) is an American basketball coach.

John Young Brown Jr.

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Nick James Mileti (born April 22, 1931 in Cleveland, Ohio) is an American author, retired lawyer, former businessman, sports entrepreneur and former sports franchise owner who was, during the 1970s, the owner of the Cleveland Indians, Cleveland Cavaliers, Cleveland Crusaders hockey team, the Coliseum at Richfield and radio station "3WE" WWWE AM/1100 (now WTAM).

Robert "Bob" MacKinnon (December 5, 1927 – July 7, 2015) was an American collegiate and professional basketball coach.

Tom L. Ward is a prominent Oklahoma City businessman and philanthropist.

James Francis "Jim" Fitzgerald (March 27, 1926 – June 4, 2012) was an American businessman and former professional sports owner.

Alan Norman Cohen (December 19, 1930 in Passaic, New Jersey – August 10, 2004 in Boca Raton, Florida) was the former co-owner of the Boston Celtics and the New Jersey Nets, and chairman and CEO of the Madison Square Garden Corporation, owner of the New York Knicks and the New York Rangers.

Alex Meruelo (born 1962/1963 (age 53–54)) is a Cuban-American businessman most widely known for his failed bid to become the majority owner of the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association.

David W. Checketts (born 1956) is an American businessman.

Edward Malcolm "Ed" Snider (January 6, 1933 – April 11, 2016) was the chairman of Comcast Spectacor, a Philadelphia-based sports and entertainment company that owns the Philadelphia Flyers of the National Hockey League; the Wells Fargo Center; the regional sports network Comcast SportsNet; and Global Spectrum, an international facilities management company.

Harold Katz is an American entrepreneur from the Greater Philadelphia area.

Harry T. Mangurian Jr.

Samuel "Sam" Schulman (April 10, 1910 – June 12, 2003) was an American businessman from New York who was a founding owner and President of the Seattle SuperSonics of the National Basketball Association and an owner of the San Diego Chargers of the National Football League.