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The television ratings for the 2020 NBA Finals are at record lows in the history of the event, though NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is slightly puzzled as to why that is the case. Marc Berman of the New York Post reports Silver is slightly bewildered by the historically bad ratings, particularly considering LeBron James — a […]

While the NBA continues to be one of the biggest advocates of social justice, there will be no more Black Lives Matter messages on the courts next season. NBA commissioner Adam Silver announced the decision on ESPN’s NBA Countdown on Tuesday evening prior to Game 4 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers […]

The start of the 2020-21 NBA season is still up in the air. However, it’s possible that the late start would result to the season coinciding with the Tokyo Olympics, which is scheduled to take place in July 2021. Despite that possibility though, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver doesn’t see the league suspending play to make […]

By most accounts, the NBA “bubble” in Orlando has been a tremendous success. The restart went on without a hitch, as the league strictly enforced health and safety protocols and imposed COVID-19 quarantine standards for those players testing positive prior to arrival. However, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wonders whether the league should have built in […]

Speaking to reporters via video conference, prior to Wednesday night’s game 1 tipoff of the NBA Finals, commissioner Adam Silver addressed the impending negotiations with the player’s association over the league’s salary-cap in the aftermath of a year in which revenue for the association has dropped precipitously. “If we just went by the formula in […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver addressed the issue of coaching diversity in his press conference on Wednesday night ahead of Game 1 of the NBA Finals between the Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat. Silver said that while NBA teams should be free to hire the most qualified person, he acknowledged that “we need to do […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said on Wednesday that no NBA player or staff has tested positive for COVID-19 while in the bubble at Walt Disney World in Orlando. Silver provided the report in his pre-Finals press conference, though he did acknowledge that there were positive tests among the 6,500-plus people who worked in or around […]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver says since there likely won’t be a COVID-19 vaccine by the time the 2020-21 season starts, teams won’t be able to have full arenas. However, Silver did say “with appropriate protocols in terms of distancing, and advanced testing, you will be able to bring fans back into arenas” in a limited […]

The ongoing 2020 NBA playoffs have truly given us some quality basketball action, but the entire thing could have been shelved following the shooting of Jacob Blake last month. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver recalled the time he sat down with two of the league’s premier players, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers and Kawhi […]

On Tuesday, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said his “best guess” for the start date of the 2020-21 regular season would be some time towards the beginning of 2021. Speaking with Bob Costas on CNN, Silver acknowledged the uncertainty surrounding the future NBA calendar as the country struggles through the coronavirus pandemic. “I continue to believe […]

Commissioner Adam Silver did a wide-ranging interview with Bob Costas on Tuesday in which he talked about the NBA’s controversial relationship with China and discussed the likely pushback of next season into 2021. Silver was pressed by Costas about the NBA’s accords with the Chinese Basketball Association and major streaming services across the country. However, […]

Icons from all levels of professional basketball are showing their respects after learning about the death of former Georgetown Hoyas head coach John Thompson, including current Georgetown coach and former star Patrick Ewing. Allen Iverson, Alonzo Mourning and Dikembe Mutombo are just a few of the other former Hoyas to react to the news, and […]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has quickly responded to reports of league employees going on strike today as their way of showing their support for the players that continue to fight for social injustice inside the bubble. The commissioner has written a lengthy response letter addressing the strike. The Athletic’s Shams Charania shared a screenshot of […]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver told Rachel Nichols of ESPN that Dec. 1 is feeling a little bit early for him for starting the 2020-21 season. Adam Silver tells @Rachel__Nichols that December 1 starting date is “feeling a little bit early to me…” https://t.co/b26RcKTydg — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) August 21, 2020 The last possible date for […]

The NBA’s new playoff play-in scenario is indeed an exciting new addition to the bubble inside Walt Disney World. In fact, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver likes it so much that he hinted that the league will likely be making it a permanent fixture in the upcoming seasons. Per Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, Silver bared […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has done a tremendous job in ensuring the the 2019-20 season sees out its conclusion despite the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic. However, even the commissioner himself admits that he has some regrets about how the season restart has played out. According to Silver, his biggest disappointment in all this is how they […]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver reacted to the Utah Jazz and New Orleans Pelicans kneeling during the national anthem on Thursday. Silver says the league won’t punish players for kneeling, per Marc Stein of the New York Times: “I respect our teams’ unified act of peaceful protest for social justice and under these unique circumstances will […]

Minutes before Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans faced Donovan Mitchell and the Utah Jazz in the opening game of the restarted 2019-20 NBA season, they came together to protest racial injustice. While donning warm-up shirts that read “Black Lives Matter”, the teams stood alongside each other on opposite sidelines while a video played […]

It was earlier reported that players from the Utah Jazz and the New Orleans Pelicans intend to take a knee during the playing of the national anthem during the first game of the NBA restart scheduled for Thursday night. League commissioner Adam Silver has shared his two cents on the matter. Silver admitted that he […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and his team should get a ton of credit for ensuring that the pandemic-hit 2019-20 campaign sees its conclusion. The commissioner is set to make his first visit to the campus, and he recently opened up about how he currently feels about the situation. Silver first expressed his appreciation for the […]

Less than a month away from the restart of the 2019-20 NBA season, a number of players and staff have tested positive for the coronavirus. Commissioner Adam Silver is aware of this and expressed much concern that a positive test while in the Orlando campus might cause the bubble to pop. Silver spoke with Fortune […]

A U.S. Senator is looking for answers from NBA Commissioner Adam Silver regarding the league’s relationship with its longtime partner, China. Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) expressed “concern” over how the NBA has dealt with a country known for its Communist regime, one that violates plenty of democratic views. In the two-page letter obtained by Sports […]

At the TIME 100 summit, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver was asked about the possibility of players kneeling during the national anthem, which will be played ahead of games in Orlando, Florida, per Malika Andrews of ESPN. The NBA currently requires players to stand for the national anthem, but Silver says he’ll deal with the situation […]

So which one really is it? With the NBA restart coming in around 30 days, the move has been questioned as cases of COVID-19 have recently surged and a number of players have contracted the disease. This has brought up speculation about the restart, as the move has been criticized with regards to prioritizing money […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver did a TIME 100 talk on Tuesday, attempting to clear up a lot of aspects of the nebulous restart of the 2019-20 season at Walt Disney World. During his long chat with Sean Gregory of TIME Magazine, Silver revealed he would be in and out of the bubble rather than being […]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver says “there will not be a law enforcement presence” on the Disney World Campus. It was previously reported that local, state and federal law enforcement were going to be on the campus with the NBA players. Adam Silver said “there will not a law enforcement presence” on the campus and that […]

During a conference call on Friday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said if there is a “significant spread” of COVID-19 at the “bubble” games, the league may have to shut the games down. Adam Silver says that if there is a “significant spread" of COVID-19 in the bubble, "that may lead us to stopping” play. — […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver and National Basketball Players Association President Chris Paul vowed to use the restart of the 2019-20 season as a platform to enact social change. There had been debate about the optics of restarting the season at a time of civil unrest, but the league has determined to make the most of […]

The recent spike of coronavirus cases in Florida is understandably casting a shadow on the NBA’s plan to resume the season in a bubble in Orlando. In fact, sources said that it is no less than league commissioner Adam Silver himself who has raised concerns pertaining to the threat of the virus in the bubble’s […]

The NBA has had a lot of firsts over the past few months, and there seems to be a bit more of this on the horizon. The league has reportedly opted to provide all its employees with a paid day off for Juneteenth — the first time this has ever happened in league history. This […]

One of the biggest concerns in the NBA’s bubble plan in Florida is how to ensure the health and safety of the players and all people involved in the resumption of the season. In this respect, the league has taken an important step to prevent further complications on site. According to NBA insider Shams Charania […]

Several players are against the re-opening of the 2019-20 season, noting that basketball might serve as a distraction from the current social justice issues hounding the US. But for NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, the league actually has a “unique opportunity” to address these issues — a chance that nobody else in the world has. Over […]

With the enormous audience the NBA is able to generate, it is to no surprise that people involved in the league would try to use the platform they have to express their position on different societal issues.  Here is a look at five of the most vocal NBA personalities when it comes to social issues. […]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver acknowledged the concerns about the league’s proposed “bubble plan” for the resumption of the 2019-20 regular season on July 30 at Orlando, Florida Along with the social distancing guidelines, all ensuing games will be crowd-less and will be played in a closed environment where participants will also live and practice. During […]

Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey has provided a definitive statement with regards to the team’s stance on head coach Mike D’Antoni potentially not joining the Rockets in the Orlando bubble. D’Antoni is currently the second oldest coach in the league at 69, and there have been legitimate concerns about the veteran coach being vulnerable […]

Back in the good old days (four months ago), NBA fans were debating trends in the sport, who would win the Eastern and Western Conference, and who should be the number one pick in the draft, among other topics. One of those talking points was resting stars, officially known as “load management.” That element of […]

Kevin Durant is back, well sort of. As per NBA Commissioner Adam Silver, athletes who have been originally declared out for the season will now be allowed to play when the adjusted 2019-2020 regular season resumes next month. Of course given that they are shown the green light by their respective franchises. “We’re gonna allow […]

Naturally, one of, if not the biggest concern about the NBA’s impending move to restart the season in July is the possibility of a player — or anybody else physically present within the bubble, for that matter — tests positive for the coronavirus. Commissioner Adam Silver recently addressed this issue in an NBA on TNT […]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has backtracked on his earlier statement on TNT about possibly not allowing “certain coaches” to sit on the bench during games once the season resumes “in order to protect them.” ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports that per Dallas Mavericks head coach Rick Carlisle — who currently stands as the president of the […]