David Stern to Step down as NBA commissioner

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Len Bias died in 1986, right in the beginning of the Stern era, which was my point.

When you look at other players like John Lucas or David Thompson or Michael Ray Richardson or Chris Washburn, you can see that the NBA had a much bigger problem with drugs in the '70s and '80s than it does today.

Exactly.  But Len Bias is the perfect example of how drugs can ruin an NBA career.