Foot Locker's Keith Daly, Nike's George Raveling, adidas' Lawrence Norman and Dick's SG's Ed Stack all ranked near the top of Hoopworld.com's list of its Most Influential In Basketball. The 55 “Influencers” also included numerous NBA team owners, general managers, coaches and players; college coaches, major media players as well as a few international as well as grassroots organizations. Landing at number one was David Stern, the NBA's commissioner.

The full list available at Hoopsworld.com follows:

1.    David Stern, Commissioner, NBA
2.    George Bodenheimer, President, ESPN
3.    LeBron James, Player, Cleveland Cavaliers
4.    Adam Silver, Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer, NBA
5.    Myles Brand, President, NCAA
6.    Keith Daly, CEO, Foot Locker
7.    Mark Cuban, Owner, Dallas Mavericks
8.    Sal LaRocca, NBA Global Merchandising Group
9.    George Raveling, Global Director Basketball Sports Marketing, Nike
10.    Lawrence Norman, Vice President, adidas Global Basketball
11.    Ed Stack, CEO, Dick's Sporting Goods
12.    ESPN.com
13.    Bob Elphinston, President, FIBA
14.    Arn Tellum, Principal, Management – Wasserman Media
15.    Kobe Bryant, Los Angeles Lakers
16.    Jerry Colangelo, Chairman, USA Basketball
17.    Rob Pelinka, Founder, Landmark Sports
18.    Sonny Vaccaro, Agent
19.    Michael Jordan, Managing Member of Basketball Operations Charlotte Bobcats
20.    Mike Krzyzewski, Coach, Duke University
21.    The 2010 Free Agent Class – (LeBron, Dwyane, Bosh, etc.)
22.    Jordi Bertomeu, CEO, Euroleague
23.    Dwight Howard, Player, Orlando Magic
24.    Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith & Charles Barkley, Inside the NBA, TNT
25.    William Wesley , underground power broker
26.    R.C. Buford, General Manager, San Antonio Spurs
27.    Wyc Grousbeck, Owner, Boston Celtics
28.    Dan Gilbert, Owner, Cleveland Cavaliers
29.    Phil Jackson, Coach, Los Angeles Lakers
30.    Pat Riley, President, Miami HEAT
31.    Roy Williams, Coach, University of North Carolina
32.    Daryl Morey, General Manager, Houston Rockets
33.    Jeff Schwartz, Excel Sports
34.    Dan Fegan, BEST
35.    Sam Presti, General Manager, Oklahoma City Thunder
36.    The Pump Brothers – David and Dana Pump
37.    Mark Jackson and Jeff Van Gundy, TV Analysts, ESPN/ABC
38.    Leon Rose and Henry Thomas, Creative Artists Agency
39.    George and Panayiotis Angelopoulos, Owners, Olympiacos Piraeus
40.    Derrick Rose, Player, Chicago Bulls
41.    Tim Chen, CEO, NBA China
42.    Timothy J. Leiweke, CEO, AEG
43.    HoopsHype: Jorge Sierra and Raúl Barrigón
44.    Mark Bartelstein, CEO and Founder, Priority Sports
45.    Bill Duffy, Founder, BDA Sports
46.    NBA Trainers – Tim Grover, Joe Abunassar, Idan Ravin, David Thorpe
47.    Kevin Weinberg, CEO, iHoops
48.    Aaron Goodwin, CEO of Goodwin Sports Management
49.    Andy Miller, President and Founder  ASM Sports
50.    John Hollinger, Analyst, ESPN
51.    Lon Babby, Partner, Williams & Connolly
52.    Candace Parker, Player, Los Angeles Sparks (WNBA)
53.    Joe Dumars, General Manager, Detroit Pistons    
54.    Donna Orender, President, WNBA
55.    Shimon Mizrahi, President, Maccabi Tel Aviv