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Adam Silver spoke publicly for the first time since Terry Rozier and Chauncey Billups were indicted by federal prospectors for their alleged roles in illegal sports betting.

"My initial reaction was I was deeply disturbed," Silver said in an interview with Cassidy Hubbarth of Prime. "There's nothing more important to the league and its fans than the integrity of the competition. And so I had a pit in my stomach. It was very upsetting."

Silver was then asked about the NBA's decision to continue to allow Rozier to keep playing.

"So what happened was because bets were placed through legalized legal betting companies, they picked up aberrational behavior around a particular game in March of 2023," Silver said. "And so, it was brought to our attention by the regulators and the betting companies. We then looked into that situation and were very transparent about it. And while there was that aberrational betting, we, frankly, couldn't find anything.

"Terry, at the time, cooperated. He gave the league office his phone. He sat down for an interview. We ultimately concluded that there was insufficient evidence, despite that aberrational behavior."

Silver said the NBA doesn't have the same type of levers as the federal government. 

"The federal government has subpoena power," Silver said. "[It] can threaten to put people in jail, can do all kinds of things that the league office can't do. So, we've been working with them since then. And, of course, what they announced yesterday was an indictment.

"And 2½ years later, he still hasn't been convicted of anything, in fairness to Terry. Obviously, it doesn't look good, but he's been put on administrative leave, and so it is a balance here between protecting people's rights and investigating. And as I said, we've been working with the government, and they have extraordinary powers the league office doesn't have."

Silver ultimately apologized to the NBA's fans for the distraction the illegal gambling situation has become during its opening week of the regular season.

"I apologize to our fans that we are now all dealing with this situation," said Silver. As far as the competition on the floor, it has been spectacular."

Via RealGM Staff Report

That sh*t eating grin. You know you had the lottery rigged too

Didn’t sound very convincing.

Feel very sorry for all the real Gms and execs that have spent their careers where there is a great deal of cheating that undermines their work.

What a farce.

MrGoat wrote:That sh*t eating grin. You know you had the lottery rigged too

Dallas and San Antonio getting 1 & 2!?! No one will ever believe it’s not rigged.

I thought this is regarding Clippers having additional max slot, shame on me!

Killing the Golden Goose.

Now, back the talk. but they won't, greedy pigs. up to us consumers to make a choice nothing changes until then. they are ruining the game, and peoples lives all for the love of money. and... i want to add, he didn't acknowledge the impact of legal gambling part of this story just illegal as if he has no hand in it all.

What? After a rigged trade and lottery?

It's sport entertainment. Your words.

Money made from partnering with betting sites and growing the amount of people betting (including players) as a result sure seems more important than the integrity of the game.

Silver is a liar! The nba lacks transparency and accountability with its referees. So how can you be trusted on credibility?

NIL ruining college ball.
Betting ruining the NBA.

Basketball is down bad.

MrGoat wrote:That sh*t eating grin. You know you had the lottery rigged too

They rigged wemby to go to the spurs, the lamest franchise ever? Silver is horrible at rigging damn.

Sleazy Skeletor Silver in damage control. The NBA players are rigging games and the NBA is rigging draft lotteries.

Scapegoating an NBA legend while everything from the lotto to the reffing is rigged, and then apologizing to fans while pretending the real issues don't exist. What a joke.

No one cares Chauncy played some poker or bet on something he had info on. I didn't even read the story. STOP RIGGING THE LOTTO. STOP THE BIAS REFFING FOR SUPERSTARS AND BIG MARKETS. STOP RIGGING PLAYOFF SERIES SO YOU CAN MAKE MORE MONEY.

Location
147 Lexington Ave. New YORK
80 Washington Place New YORK

Over $7,150,000 stolen
$1,800,000 the highest person scammed
victims assaulted and threatened after being conned
more victims coming forward

after rigging the lotto for years to have the first overall pick repeatedly so LeBron would come back to Cleveland this is okay
Damon Jones

It's interesting how many people in here are conflating real cheating with imaginary, conspiracy theory cheating.

act like it then and stop incentivise losing

Says the guy who interfered the NBA final just to give his poster boy LeBron a chance. Sure Adam, LOL

This clown says there's nothing more important than the integrity of competition as if ushering in an era of unprecedented sports betting doesn't demonstrate that money is valued much more.

The L RIZZ... of Silver. More like TIN-ASS.

Damn that photo isn't the right one to use for that headline.