Dan Patrick Show They made a decision to take an entertainment route with that studio show Adam Silver said of Inside the NBA I think ESPN was always about more hardcore basketball Maybe NBC was somewhere in the middle in the old days But its an entertainment show and hes entertaining

Brian Windhorst There's a lot of people that made a lot of assumptions about Adam Silver along the way This is as big of a punishment has ever been doled out in the NBA He has been presumed to be soft on crime to a certain certain extend That's not something you can say today

Tony Kornheiser You went on this show a million times and you said they're not going to touch Steve Ballmer Well they touched him He's done Two weeks ago there was an ESPN report that was all over this network that the league found nothing

Dan Patrick Have you received an apology from ESPN Pablo Torre I don't expect an apology I'm a big boy They got fed a story by the people who are lying this whole time and I got implicated as a result of it

Adam Silver answers Pablo Torre's question regarding the growing concern that wealthy individuals and entities are using the approval of the NBA to purchase credibility in the eyes of the public meaning fans and whether he plans on changing anything about the due diligence process

Adam Silver We discussed ongoing negotiations with the Euro League We believe that NBA Europe would be strengthened by joining forces with the Euro League It doesn't have to happen but I think we would all be better off as a unified front in Europe in terms of the potential investors

Adam Silver I think that in terms of Steve's Ballmer statement I'd say putting aside the precise words he chose to use Most importantly he indicated a willingness to accept the league's decision in this case and the accompanying sanctions so that's initially what I was most focused on