NBA Silver: Investigation & European Expansion Update

At St. Regis of New York, in the heart of Midtown, Adam Silver asks for patience and above all a suspension of the judgment until the investigation on the now famous sponsorship with very particular characteristics of Kawhi Leonard will not be completed. Easy to say, but many NBA fans seem ready for the sentence. Too many 28 million by a sponsor of the Clippers, the deceased aspiration, a “green” company accused, among other things, of fraudulent bankruptcy, the star of La In practice without asking the player nothing in return. To get to a punishment for clippers, however, the sensations are not enough, it takes the evidence and the investigation started by the Commissioner will have the hard task of trying to produce them.

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“I had never heard of this sponsorship of Leonard – he made his debut at the end of the usual meeting of all the NBA owners on the eve of the start of the new season – which is also quite common, obviously I talked about it with the owner Steve Ballmer and we decided to kick off an official investigation. However, I want to emphasize that there is a very precise path, we must not jump to the conclusion and it is important to give us the benefit of the doubt. The investigation, conducted, however, by an incredibly respected and not linked law firm to the NBA, and then we will decide “. Silver, as a good lawyer, but clarifies a point, the rumors, the suspicions, or the oddities of a very particular contract will not be enough, to get to a punishment it will take evidence. “We have of course the burden of test, we must demonstrate that there has been something irregular to sanction the club or property, we wait to give judgments and see where the investigation will bring us. There are procedures to which, like any league, we must stick and we certainly want to be fair and correct”.

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An NBA offseason that closes in a decidedly lively way therefore for the commissioner struggling also with another great theme for the League, the project linked to the creation of a new tournament in Europe. During the summer Adam Silver had contacts with new potential investors, with several clubs and of course with Fiba, the announcement of the new and intriguing European alloy therefore does not seem so far away. “We are also talking to the Euroleague – underlines the Commissioner – I think there is still room to find an agreement with them too. We have hired JP Morgan who will work with us in the analysis of the project. We hear a great enthusiasm from the fans and insiders in Europe and we want to be able to create a competition that can incorporate important points for us, such as the division of profits and the Salary Cap, while remaining faithful Old continent.