Larry O’Brien

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American politician National Basketball Association commissioner human sports executive

Larry O’Brien was an American politician and sports executive best known for serving as NBA commissioner during the league’s major expansion and for having the championship trophy named in his honor.

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Larry O’Brien canonical	2
Larry O'Brien	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ National Basketball Association commissioner ⓘ human ⓘ sports executive ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
employer	Democratic National Committee ⓘ National Basketball Association ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government
familyName	O'Brien ⓘ surface form: O’Brien
givenName	Lawrence ⓘ
hasHonor	Larry O’Brien Championship Trophy ⓘ surface form: Larry O’Brien NBA Championship Trophy
hasTrophyNamedAfter	NBA championship trophy ⓘ
influenced	growth of professional basketball in the United States ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Democratic Party ⓘ surface form: Democratic Party (United States)
name	Lawrence Francis O’Brien Jr. ⓘ
notableFor	NBA championship trophy named in his honor ⓘ
notableRole	key figure in modernizing the NBA ⓘ
notableWork	guided NBA–ABA merger implementation ⓘ negotiated NBA television contracts ⓘ oversaw major expansion of the NBA ⓘ
occupation	basketball executive ⓘ political strategist ⓘ politician ⓘ postmaster general ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Springfield, Massachusetts ⓘ surface form: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
positionHeld	Chair of the Democratic National Committee ⓘ Commissioner of the National Basketball Association ⓘ Postmaster General of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States Postmaster General
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workField	electoral politics ⓘ professional basketball administration ⓘ

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Commissioner of the National Basketball Association → officeHolder → Larry O’Brien ⓘ

David Stern → predecessor → Larry O’Brien ⓘ

this entity surface form: Larry O'Brien

J. Walter Kennedy → succeededBy → Larry O’Brien ⓘ