“To see our players together playing basketball, that what we had worked through over many months on paper, on our computer screens, had come to life, I’d say it was moving to me.”
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Adam Silver
Adam Silver is an American lawyer and sports executive who is serving as the fifth and current commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He joined the NBA in 1992 and has held various positions within the league, becoming chief operating officer and deputy commissioner under his predecessor and mentor David Stern in 2006. When Stern retired in 2014, Silver was named commissioner.
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business · American lawyer and NBA commissioner (born 1962) · lawyer · businessperson · jurist · deputy commissioner · chief operating officer · functionary · also Adam Silver, Silver
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Shortly after the release of an audio recording this past Saturday morning of a conversation that allegedly included Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the NBA commenced an investigation, which among other things, included an interview of Mr. Sterling. That investigation is now complete.
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2026· 13 entries
“I am personally distraught that the views expressed by Mr. Sterling came from within an institution that has historically taken such a leadership role in matters of race relations and caused current and former players, coaches, fans and partners of the NBA to question their very association with the league. To them, and pioneers of the game like Earl Lloyd, Chuck Cooper, Sweetwater Clifton, the great Bill Russell, and particularly Magic Johnson, I apologize.”
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“Shortly after the release of an audio recording this past Saturday morning of a conversation that allegedly included Clippers owner Donald Sterling, the NBA commenced an investigation, which among other things, included an interview of Mr. Sterling. That investigation is now complete.”
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“The central findings of the investigation are that the man whose voice is heard on the recording and on a second recording from the same conversation that was released on Sunday is Mr. Sterling and that the hateful opinions voiced by that man are those of Mr. Sterling.”
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“The views expressed by Mr. Sterling are deeply offensive and harmful; that they came from an NBA owner only heightens the damage and my personal outrage. Sentiments of this kind are contrary to the principles of inclusion and respect that form the foundation of our diverse, multicultural and multiethnic league.”
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“We stand together in condemning Mr. Sterling's views. They simply have no place in the NBA.”
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“It is inevitable that people around the world—including from America and China—will have different viewpoints over different issues. ... It is not the role of the NBA to adjudicate those differences.”
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Public attention spiked: 21,167 Wikipedia readers in one day, 19.5× the usual 1,085, with 3 article edits. Editors noted: Reverted 1 edit by ~2026-35020-67 (talk) to last revision by Pwoods7
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Public attention spiked: 30,956 Wikipedia readers in one day, 28.5× the usual 1,085, with 1 article edits. Editors noted: Added a section mentioning the sports betting scandals that have occurred during Silver's commissionership of the NBA
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Public attention spiked: 19,110 Wikipedia readers in one day, 17.6× the usual 1,085, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 8,088 Wikipedia readers in one day, 7.5× the usual 1,085, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 5,052 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.7× the usual 1,085, with 0 article edits.
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Public attention spiked: 4,966 Wikipedia readers in one day, 4.6× the usual 1,085, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 3 entries
Prosecutions, made by the FBI and the NYPD, allege that current and former NBA players and staff were involved in accepting bribes, participating in illegal gambling activities, wire fraud and money laundering
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Duke University's All-American forward Cooper Flagg was drafted first overall by the Dallas Mavericks
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After signing a five-year deal to play two preseason games at Venetian Arena in Macau
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2020· 1 entry
Silver made the decision to suspend the 2019–20 NBA season in reaction to the COVID-19 pandemic
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2019· 1 entry
Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey issued a tweet that supported the 2019–2020 Hong Kong protests
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2016· 2 entries
“better than what we had envisioned.”
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Sports Business Journal ranked Silver No
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2015· 2 entries
Silver was named Executive of the Year by Sports Business Journal
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Silver married interior designer Maggie Grise
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2014· 7 entries
Silver published an op-ed piece in The New York Times, where he announced that he is in favor of legalized and regulated sports betting, mentioning that it should be "brought out of the underground and into the sunlight
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TMZ Sports released a video of Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling holding a conversation with his girlfriend that included racist remarks
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After Stern stepped down from the position
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Career landmark: Commissioner of the NBA (2014).
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Silver was named commissioner
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For forcing Donald Sterling to sell the Los Angeles Clippers, after banning Sterling for life from all NBA games and events when private recordings of him making racist remarks were made public
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Silver was named the Sports Illustrated Executive of the Year
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2012· 1 entry
NBA commissioner David Stern announced his retirement date and endorsed Silver to succeed him
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1992· 2 entries
Silver held the position of senior VP and COO of NBA Entertainment working his way up to president and COO, which he held for eight years
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And has held various positions within the league, becoming chief operating officer and deputy commissioner under his predecessor and mentor David Stern in 2006
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1984· 1 entry
With a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science
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1962· 1 entry
Born 1962-04-25.
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