Amin Elhassan on why Porter got a lifetime ban while Bridges got an extension When you talk about gambling it's way more than the immoral act of an individual it undermines the entire integrity of the sport The one thing we cannot sacrifice as a business is the belief that this is all real

Adam Silver Admits NBA Has Remarkably Little Control Over Gambling Wants Federal Czar With Subpoena Power To Oversee The League I've said before the unders are the most problematic right thing in our league We need to make players understand how draconian the discipline will be

Adam Silver 10 Years Ago Sports betting is this enormous underground business 400 billion business in the US alone We know it's gonna happen Bring it into the light and regulate it By the way We need money for our infrastructure It's a good place to get it from sports betting

11 Years Ago - Adam Silver Discusses Bringing in Sports Gambling If it's gonna go on Let's make it transparent Let's bring it into the sunlight so to speak and let's regulate it the same way we do other industries I'm not an advocate of sports gambling I'm trying to being a realist

Willie Cauley-Stein opens up to Tony Allen about his drug addiction and how the league can support players in the future

Adam Silver on the NBA Second Apron's Consequences for Teams It's certainly not an unintended consequence the purpose of the system is ultimately to create competition throughout the league And from that standpoint I think the system's working incredibly well

Malik Beasley went coast to coast in the final seconds of the game to cut the lead from 9 to 7 The spread for that game was 85 and Beasley was indicted on federal gambling charges related to point shaving and prop bets