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, occupation = , years_active = , era = , employer = , organization = , agent = , known_for = *Commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association *Commissioner of the

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Legal Correspondent, 1989-1994. *Owner of NewKadia.com Comics , notable_works = , style = , net_worth = , height = , television = , title = , term = , predecessor = , successor = , party = , movement = , opponents = , boards = , criminal_charges = , criminal_penalty = , criminal_status = , spouse = Fran Drucker , partner = , children = , parents = , mother = , father =

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, relatives = , family = , callsign = , awards = , website = , module = , module2 = , module3 = , module4 = , module5 = , module6 = , signature = , signature_size = , signature_alt = , footnotes = Jim Drucker (born ) is a former commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association, former commissioner of the

, and founder and owner of NewKadia.com, the world's largest online-only comic-book seller.

Biography

Drucker was born in

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, New York, to

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parents and is Jewish.Jesse Bernstein (May 8, 2019)
"Jim Drucker’s Life Leads Him From Basketball to Comic Books,"
''Jewish Exponent'' His father,

, was a New York City public school teacher and principal, and then a long-time referee in the

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(NBA) and American Basketball Association (ABA). Drucker grew up in

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in Long Island, New York. He attended SUNY Buffalo, obtaining a bachelor's degree in political science and communication, and then a law degree from

. He next taught at the

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School of Law. He is married to Fran Drucker and now lives in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. Drucker was commissioner of the Continental Basketball Association (CBA), a precursor to the

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, from 1978 to 1986; while in the position, he acquired additional coverage by offering the first-ever million dollar half-court shot. He was

's on-camera legal analyst from 1989-1994. He was commissioner of the

(AFL) for three seasons, starting in 1994, during which time, the league expanded from 11 to 18 teams. In 1999, with his own collection of 850 comic books, Drucker founded NewKadia.com, the world's largest online-only comic-book seller. In 2017, it sold 250,000 comic books.

References

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