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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Monday that around 96 percent of players in the league have now been vaccinated against COVID-19 despite union opposition to a league-wide mandate.

The iconic Harlem Globetrotters basketball team have petitioned NBA commissioner Adam Silver requesting to be considered as a candidate to join the league as an expansion franchise.

NBA chief Adam Silver applauded the outcome of the Derek Chauvin murder trial on Tuesday, saying justice had been served against the former police officer found guilty of killing unarmed Black man George Floyd.

The NBA has no plans to change it's "iconic" logo, despite recent calls -- including from Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving -- to make the late Kobe Bryant the image of the league, commissioner Adam Silver said Saturday.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Monday the league would not "jump the line" for the Covid-19 vaccine as the league prepared to tip off its new season amid a surge in coronavirus cases across the United States.

but admitted league officials were keeping all options on the table.

Players to keep focus on social justice, racial equality

NBA playoff games are set to resume on Saturday, but players are determined to keep the focus on the fight for social justice and racial equality with the help from club owners and the league.

The Los Angeles Lakers bounced back from a stinging loss to the Portland Trailblazers and tied their Western Conference playoff series at a game each.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver says the league must address social activism and political topics despite critics who want to escape such controversies through sport.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday players who kneel during the US national anthem will not be punished under longstanding league rules.

Four months after COVID-19 sent basketball into an unprecedented shutdown, the NBA takes a leap into the unknown on Thursday as the league bids to resurrect its season at Disney World in Florida.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver reiterated Tuesday that a "significant spread" of coronavirus could burst the league's safety "bubble" and cause a second shutdown of the season.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver says there are no risk-free options to finishing the season in a coronavirus pandemic but the league's bubble plan is the safest, most responsible way.