Adam Silver's All-Star Game Dilemma
The Lead
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🗓️ 22 February 2021
⏱️ 18 minutes
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Summary
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has long enjoyed a friendly -- and mutually respectful -- relationship with NBA players. So, when superstars like LeBron James, Giannis Antetokonmpo and others recently criticized the league's decision to hold the NBA All-Star Game during the pandemic, many people were taken aback by the frankness of their comments. The Athletic's Sam Amick joins us to break down the forces at work behind the commissioner's decision, why LeBron might not actually be speaking on behalf of the players this time around, and how Adam Silver's decision might complicate his relationship with the players.
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| 0:33.5 | Since the NBA announced that it would be holding the All-Star Game this year, there's been |
| 0:37.2 | a lot of pushback. |
| 0:39.4 | I have zero energy and zero excitement about an All-Star Game this year. |
| 0:45.6 | I don't even understand why we're having an All-Star Game. |
| 0:48.4 | The game usually brings big crowds, but Atlanta Mayor Keishlant's bottoms at other top |
| 0:52.4 | city officials say that they want people to stay home this year because of the pandemic. |
| 0:57.0 | Today, the athletic Sam Amick on why the NBA is moving ahead with the All-Star Game as |
| 1:01.4 | planned despite the opposition, and how that decision is impacting players' relationship |
| 1:07.0 | with Commissioner Adam Silver. |
| 1:08.4 | I don't need to over-dramatize it and say that Adam's loss of players, I'm not saying |
| 1:12.2 | that. |
| 1:13.2 | I think that there is probably some work to be done by Adam when it comes to truly convincing |
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