Acting

David Stern

Born 1942-09-22 · New York City, New York, USA

David Joel Stern (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020) was an American lawyer and business executive who was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1984 to 2014 and oversaw NBA basketball's growth into one of the world's most popular sports during the 1990s and 2000s. He is credited with developing and broadening the NBA's audience, especially internationally by setting up training camps, playing exhibition games, and recruiting more international players. In addition, with Stern's guidance the NBA opened 12 offices in cities outside the United States, and broadcast to over 200 territories in over 40 languages. Stern also helped found the Women's National Basketball Association and the NBA G League, the NBA's development league. Under Stern, the NBA launched their digital presence with NBA.com, NBA TV and NBA League Pass. He also established the NBA's social responsibility program, NBA Cares.

Acting credits

The Redeem Team poster
7.4

Using unprecedented Olympic footage and behind-the-scenes material, The Redeem Team tells the story of the US Olympic Men's Basketball Team’s quest for gold at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing following the previous team’s shocking performance four years earlier in Athens.

The Redeem Team

2022

The Carter Effect poster
7.0

In his latest documentary, Sean Menard gives viewers an unprecedented look at Vince Carter: the six-foot-six, eight-time NBA All-Star from Daytona Beach who made waves in the Canadian basketball scene when he joined the Toronto Raptors in 1998.

The Carter Effect

2017

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3.7

From the Academy Award-winning director of When We Were Kings comes this enthralling tribute to the timeless power and magic of basketball.

1 Love

2003

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy poster
6.8

A cheap, powerful drug emerges during a recession, igniting a moral panic fueled by racism. Explore the complex history of crack in the 1980s.

Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

2021

Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul poster
7.0

Years after serving time for betting on games he officiated, former NBA referee Tim Donaghy revisits the scandal that shook up the league.

Untold: Operation Flagrant Foul

2022

Untold: Malice at the Palace poster
7.2

Key figures from an infamous 2004 incident between players and fans at an NBA game in Michigan discuss the fight, its fallout, and its lasting legacy.

Untold: Malice at the Palace

2021

Rodman: For Better or Worse poster
8.0

While Rodman is no doubt one of the greatest talents in NBA history, he is just as famous for his off-court exploits. 30 for 30 explores the reasons behind him becoming the character he is known as today.

Rodman: For Better or Worse

2019

Michael Jordan: His Airness poster
7.1

From his days as a child in North Carolina to his retirement from the Chicago Bulls in 1999, His Airness takes you on a journey through Michael Jordan's entire career. Complete with spectacular highlights along with interviews from teammates, coaches, and writers, plus Michael's own insight, this video captures the spirit, determination and championship drive of this global icon.

Michael Jordan: His Airness

1999

Gap Year poster
NR

With the NBA’s eligibility rules more hotly contested than ever before, and players looking to chart their own trajectory to the League, enter Darius Bazley, a modern-day high school basketball phenom who sent shock waves throughout the hoops community by foregoing college in order to attend a $1 million internship. Within this coming-of-age business of basketball film, Gap Year explores the triumphs and tribulations of Darius as he enters uncharted territory for an NBA prospect, navigating a corporate day job while training for the NBA Draft at the age of 18. Gap Year also explores the cultural and societal nuances through the game’s most relevant and respected voices as it traces the past, present and future of the NBA’s controversial one-and-done rule.

Gap Year

2020

All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers poster
NR

An American direct-to-video film that features highlights and bloopers from the NBA from its beginning to the film's release in 1989. The film is hosted by broadcaster Marv Albert and former Utah Jazz coach and executive Frank Layden. The video features brief biographies of NBA personalities including Darryl Dawkins, Bill Walton, John Salley and Frank Layden, as well as footage of dolphins playing basketball, a group playing basketball while riding horses and a group playing basketball on ice skates. Recaps of the 1989 and 1990 NBA slam dunk contest are also shown.

All New Dazzling Dunks and Basketball Bloopers

1990

Lenny Cooke poster
6.8

In 2001, Lenny Cooke was the most hyped high school basketball player in the country, ranked above future greats LeBron James, Amar’e Stoudemire, and Carmelo Anthony. A decade later, Lenny has never played a minute in the NBA. In this quintessentially American documentary, filmmaking brothers Joshua and Benny Safdie track the unfulfilled destiny of a man for whom superstardom was only just out of reach.

Lenny Cooke

2013

Detroit Pistons: 1988-1989 NBA Champions - Motor City Madness poster
NR

The 1989 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1988–89 National Basketball Association (NBA) season, and the conclusion of the 1989 NBA Playoffs. The series was a rematch of the previous year's championship round between the Eastern Conference playoff champion Detroit Pistons and the Western Conference playoff champion Los Angeles Lakers.

Detroit Pistons: 1988-1989 NBA Champions - Motor City Madness

1989

The Other Dream Team poster
7.2

The incredible story of the 1992 Lithuanian basketball team, whose athletes struggled under Soviet rule, became symbols of Lithuania's independence movement, and – with help from the Grateful Dead – triumphed at the Barcelona Olympics.

The Other Dream Team

2012

Bad Boys poster
7.7

The Detroit Pistons of the late 1980s and early '90s seemed willing to do anything to win. That characteristic made them loved — and hated. It earned them the title: Bad Boys.

Bad Boys

2014

The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World poster
7.8

"The Team that Changed the World," investigates the Globetrotters' impact socially and culturally, as well as their lasting effect on the NBA. Featuring interviews with basketball players, celebrities, politicians, and more, the documentary also shows how the Globetrotters continue to serve as "Ambassadors of Goodwill" and touch audiences around the world today.

The Harlem Globetrotters: The Team That Changed the World

2005

34 poster
6.5

Inducted into the College Basketball Hall of Fame, Len Bias is one of Maryland's most iconic players. Terrapin Club+ brings you an unprecedented look inside Bias' life and legacy, told by some of the biggest names in sports.

34

2021

Glickman poster
8.7

Before Marv Albert and Bob Costas, there was Marty Glickman. A gifted Jewish-American athlete who was denied the chance to represent the U.S. at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, he went on to become one of the most revered and influential sportscasters in history, pioneering many of the techniques, phrases and programming innovations that are commonplace in sports reporting today.

Glickman

2013

Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft poster
7.5

A deep dive into the iconic players, stories, trades, and legacy of the iconic 1996 NBA draft, which transformed the way basketball was played and the culture of the league; interviews with former NBA players, coaches and executives.

Ready or Not: The 96 NBA Draft

2021

The Golden Generation poster
10.0

How a once-in-a-generation Argentina team, led by Manu Ginobili, brought down the “Dream Team” and won gold at the 2004 Olympic Games.

The Golden Generation

2018

Basketball Man poster
2.0

Basketball legends including Michael Jordan, Steve Nash, Red Auerbach and John Wooden tell the amazing life story of Dr. James Naismith, the man who invented the game and inspired generations of players to reach for the rim. The athletes share their perspectives on the game and explain how Naismith developed the basic rules of the sport in just two weeks in 1891. Historical clips also feature the first-ever b-ball instructional film, from 1927.

Basketball Man

2007

Arvydas Sabonis 11 poster
8.2

The film - an open, sincere, warm and funny story about Arvydas Sabonis life and career. This is particularly characteristic of a T-shirt with the number 11 worn out 2.20 m tall basketball giant Olympic and world champion, portrait.

Arvydas Sabonis 11

2014

Mike and the Mad Dog poster
7.5

Dive into the inner workings of one of the sports world's most unlikely partnerships: Mike Francesa and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo, the voices that launched a thousand sports radio imitators. The hosts, their colleagues, and a who's-who of sports heavyweights tell the story of their surprise rise to stardom and 19 years as the iconic voices of New York sports.

Mike and the Mad Dog

2017

Allen Iverson - The Answer poster
6.8

Philadelphia 76ers star guard Allen Iverson is in many ways the fantasy of armchair hoopsters, and I readily cop to being one. We know that we're not as intimidating a presence as Shaquille O'Neal, or lack the lanky moves and wingspan of Kobe Bryant, or just the general gigantism of Dikembe Mutombo or Tim Duncan or Chris Webber. But at six feet and 160 pounds, Iverson is the little man's dream, the undersized player who is both fearless and successful in taking it to the big men. Unfortunately, Allen Iverson—The Answer isn't nearly as dynamic as its subject, though it works well as an extended highlight reel.

Allen Iverson - The Answer

2002

Going Big poster
7.0

Sam Bowie had a productive basketball career at Kentucky and in the NBA but was plagued by leg injuries and lofty expectations (he was drafted one spot ahead of Michael Jordan). Still, he never let his run of bad fortune deflate his spirit, eventually finding success and happiness as a horse owner in Lexington, Kentucky.

Going Big

2012