Phoenix Suns owner Mat Ishbia is sickened by teams tanking games to try to improve their draft position, calling it "ridiculous," and "losing behavior done by losers." https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/02/20/basketball/nba/suns-owner-against-tanking/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #phoenixsuns #matishbia #adamsilver #utahjazz #indianapacers
NBA teams are increasingly losing games on purpose to improve their draft prospects and basketball must consider every possible remedy to stamp out deliberate "tanking," the league's chief said Saturday. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/02/15/basketball/nba/nba-tanking-worsens/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #adamsilver
The passion and tribalism of European soccer fans is something NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is hoping will be part of a new basketball competition expected to launch on the continent in the next two years. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2026/01/18/basketball/nba/silver-nba-europe-fan-culture/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #adamsilver #europe #london #uk
The NBA returns to the lucrative Chinese market this week with two preseason games following a six-year absence after a team official tweeted his support for pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/10/08/basketball/nba/nba-china-return/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #china #adamsilver #yaoming #macao #phoenixsuns #brooklynnets
NBA team owners authorized league officials to begin an in-depth analysis of possible expansion on Tuesday, but NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said there was no timetable for any decisions. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/07/16/basketball/nba/nba-expansion-analysis/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #adamsilver
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said that the league is studying the rash of recent Achilles tendon injuries that have occurred this year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2025/06/26/basketball/nba/nba-studying-uptick-achilles-injuries/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #basketball #nba #adamsilver #tyresehaliburton #indianapacers