[1] He earned an undergraduate degree in African American studies and political science from Williams College in Massachusetts, where he also played Division III basketball for four seasons.

[1] After graduating from Stanford Law School, Stone worked as an associate and then as a partner at New York City-based Dewey Ballantine LLP's mergers and acquisitions and capital markets group.

[1] As general counsel, he was responsible for all legal matters related to the franchise and its arena, Toyota Center, including player contracts, trades, business transactions, and concerts.

[3] His father, Rafael Stone, played point guard at the University of Washington in the late 1960s and was coached by future Hall of Famer Tex Winter for his final two seasons.

[1] He chose a career in law rather than to pursue playing basketball professionally and became the first black lawyer hired by a major Seattle firm.