Adam Silver Articles - Page 19

With the beginning of free agency starting this past midnight, the NBA stayed busy in other matters, announcing the dismissal and disqualification for ex-Bucks shooting guard O.J. Mayo for violating the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug program. While the details of Mayo’s violation remain vague, the former USC Trojan guard will be eligible to apply for reinstatement in […]

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has consistently shut down the idea of the league expanding to more than 30 teams, but one city, other than Seattle, has caught his attention. A couple days ago, the Associated Press reported that the NHL will start an expansion franchise in Las Vegas, with play set to begin in Sin […]

The National Basketball Referee Association is upset and they want things to change. The issue they’re having is with the NBA’s Last-Two Minute Reports that the league releases documenting missed calls in the most critical moments of each game. The NBA claims they are doing it for transparency reasons with the public. The admission of the […]

Last-two-minute (L2M) reports have caused quite a stir in the NBA this year. All season long, referees’ incorrect calls were put into the spotlight after games had ended, causing players and fans alike to call for better regulation of officials. Even commissioner Adam Silver has been forced to comment on the integrity of referees. With […]

Amongst all of the talk about the NBA Finals, LeBron James, Steph Curry and Game 1, Commissioner Adam Silver had a press conference to give an update on some important things about the NBA. One of the topics at hand was the Hack-a-Shaq rule that he was initially hesitant to speak on making changes, but […]

The 2015-16 NBA season was flush with intrigue, from Golden State’s pursuit of the greatest NBA record ever, to Kobe Bryant‘s expansive farewell tour, to many promising campaigns by the league’s up-and-coming stars. Fans around the league cheered and believed in their teams from start to finish, but at the end of the day, only a […]

It’s been a rough going for NBA referees in the 2016 playoffs. With the institution of Two Minute Reports this year, every missed call in crunch time is exposed by the league after each game, and when it counts that much more in the playoffs, you better believe people get upset. Despite all the missed […]

Officiating has been a hot topic this postseason thanks to a number of missed calls at critical moments. All of the camera angles we have now allow us to see things impossible for referees to process real-time, but some of these mistakes were pointed out by fans immediately around the world. The league tries to […]

Before the NBA draft lottery results were announced on Tuesday evening, ex-Philadelphia 76ers star center Dikembe Mutombo had already tweeted a congratulatory message to his former team on earning the No. 1 pick. A few hours later, who got the top selection? You guessed it, the Sixers. Predictably, this sent conspiracy theorists into a frenzy, claiming that the […]

Let’s address the elephant in the room. There has been enough talk already about the new TV deal the NBA has signed. This deal triples the amount of revenue the league is getting under its current contract at around 24 billion dollars. Players are opting out of their contracts in hopes of landing larger contracts […]

Before Wednesday night’s game between the Warriors and Trail Blazers, NBA commissioner Adam Silver handed Stephen Curry his second MVP trophy, but not before he unknowingly left Curry hanging when he tried to shake Silver’s hand during the presentation ceremony. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oUc1Ed9EA68 Commissioner Silver, who loves giving daps, high fives, handshakes and one arm hugs to players, didn’t let […]

Since losing the SuperSonics in 2008, Seattle sports fans have avidly supported bringing an NBA basketball team back to the city. Billionaire Chris Hansen almost purchased the Kings back in 2013, but was halted by a local effort to keep the Kings in Sacramento. Unfortunately for those fans, those hopes took a major hit Monday […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver continued to make it clear on Thursday that if a North Carolina state law regarding LGBT rights isn’t modified, the 2017 All-Star weekend will be removed from Charlotte. Although he hasn’t set a deadline for this decision, he is continuing to apply pressure on legislators. “We’ve been, I think, crystal clear […]

It has just been announced that the NBA will start allowing teams to sell advertising space on jerseys starting in 2017. This means that jersey’s will feature ads similar to the Kia ads on the All-Star game jerseys this season. Along with ads being a topic of discussion, Adam Silver also revealed whether or not […]

Despite mounting pressure from fans, players, and organizations, Adam Silver announced that there have been no discussions to move the 2017 NBA All-Star game from North Carolina in protest of the recently passed The Public Facilities Privacy & Security Act in the state. “The current state of the law is problematic for the league. But […]