 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Musi waZvita 12, 2019, Stern akatambura kubuda ropa muuropi uye akavhiyiwa nechimbichimbi. Akafira muManhattan musi waNdira 1, 2020, pazera remakore makumi manomwe nemanomwe. Mukurangarira Stern, zvikwata zvese zveNBA zvakapfeka mabhandi matema pamajezi avo kwenguva yasara yemwaka wa2019-2020. Nhoroondo dzinoverengeka dzebhasikiti nevatambi vanochema rufu rwake, kubatanidza LeBron James, Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, uye Kobe Bryant uyo akafawomazuva makumi maviri nemashanu pashure pokufa kwaStern. 