Adam Silver says he had no role in the Luka Doncic trade The commissioner doesn't have the right to block a trade other than the trade not conforming to our rules I learned when they called the trade into the league office

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 on the Kawhi trade I'm hopeful that it will wrap up this summer I want to clarify The league did not pause the trade The parties to the trade made a decision not to go forward given that the investigation remained open

Adam Silver on the Kawhi Leonard trade and investigation Im hopeful that it will wrap up this summer The league did not pause the trade The parties to the trade made a decision not to go forward given that the investigation remained open The investigation needs to run its course

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

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

Stephen A Smith You and I were both talking to commissioner Adam Silver before the game and he's highlighting like Look we know how this goes But damn it that happens every NBA Finals