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The eight-time All-Star, who muscled up beside the likes of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as one of the NBA's top players of the 1970s, died Tuesday. Lanier had worked for the league as a global ambassador.

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Bob Lanier, basketball Hall of Famer, dies at 73

Lanier played 14 seasons with the Detroit Pistons and Milwaukee Bucks and averaged 20.1 points and 10.1 rebounds for his career. He is third on the Pistons’ career list in both points and rebounds.

Chicago Sun-Times

Does the NBA Have a $@&!*% Problem?

When it comes to excessive expletives, the league isn’t messing around. But why?

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Bob Lanier, NBA force who left big shoes to fill, dies at 73

Basketball big man Bob Lanier has died after a short illness

The Independent UK

Hall of Fame Center Bob Lanier Dies at 73

The former No. 1 pick averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds per game for the Bucks and Pistons throughout his 14-season career.

Sports Illustrated

Fan-Player Incidents Highlight Disconnect Between League and Players

The NBA has seen how ugly player-fan altercations can get. Together, the league and its players need to make sure they don’t get that ugly again.

Sports Illustrated

OKC Thunder quotes: Sam Presti a fan of the Play-In and potential Mid-Season tournament

"The long-term impact for the league, what that could mean, if a non-traditional fan base or a younger fan base can grow up with that and see that maybe in a different light than the first three or four years of it, I think it could do amazing things for…

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Stefan Bondy: Is it fair for Kyrie Irving to be fined $50K by the NBA? It’s complicated, just like everything else to do with the Nets star.

NEW YORK — When it comes to Kyrie Irving and Boston fans, there’s a whole lotta gray area.

Tribune News Service

Kevin Garnett: Predicting the future of the NBA and the winners of the 2022 playoffs first round

The Big Ticket is joined by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to talk about the future of the league.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Suns Owner Sarver Retiring as Bank Exec Amid NBA Probe

The executive has been under league investigation amid allegations of racism and misogyny.

Sports Illustrated

NBA at 75: Adam Silver says game can 'change the world'

The season-long celebration of the NBA’s 75th anniversary is winding down

The Independent UK

AP News Digest 3 am

Here are the AP’s latest coverage plans, top stories and promotable content. All times EDT. For up-to-the minute information on AP’s coverage, visit Coverage Plan at https://newsroom.ap.org.

The Independent UK

Adam Silver hints that the NBA might finally be willing to solve its longstanding rest problem

The NBA really needs to consider shortening its season

USA Today Sports Media Group

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver to Look for Solutions on Star Players Sitting Out Games

The commissioner is considering cutting down the NBA’s 82-game schedule.

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Matisse Thybulle ruled ineligible to play in Toronto

Philadelphia: Matisse Thybulle (ineligible to play) has been downgraded to out. Source: Alberto De Roa @ HoopsHype What's the buzz on Twitter? Noah Levick @ NoahLevick Matisse Thybulle is listed on NBA injury report as "ineligible to play" tomorrow ...

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Group Announces Plan to Build New Arena in Las Vegas, Will Be Ready if NBA Decides to Expand

In October, Adam Silver said Las Vegas would be on a list of cities considered should the NBA decide to expand.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Adam Silver says NBA has not blackballed Enes Kanter Freedom

Adam Silver, the commissioner of the N.B.A., said in an interview that the league's position on China had not changed. He also denied that the league had blackballed Freedom, saying that comparisons to Kaepernick were "completely unfounded and ...

The Independent UK

NBA at 75: 2000s saw MJ-LBJ shift, 'Malice at the Palace'

Michael Jordan gave way to LeBron James in the NBA of the 2000s, just as traditional forms of communication began to yield to the birth and growth of new media

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Social Justice Activists Demand the Removal of Robert Sarver

A newly formed coalition has raised its concerns to NBA commissioner Adam Silver.

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How The NBA Play-In Tournament Has Already Made Winners Of Us All

Moke Hamilton describes how the NBA Play-In Tournament has made for a meaningful and competitive season down the stretch.

The Guardian - US

Ranking North America’s best sports commissioners (and Rob Manfred)

MLB’s commissioner has attracted plenty of criticism after the recent lockout. But how well are his contemporaries doing their jobs?

Tribune News Service

Tim Cowlishaw: A message to Adam Silver: Why the NBA needs to reopen locker rooms to media when the time comes

DALLAS — Marcus Dupree checked in on me last week, just to see what I was up to these days. I go back and forth with Everson Walls on the texting device, more likely to converse about Richardson basketball (Walls went to Berkner, but his wife was an Eagle and…

The Philadelphia Inquirer

NBA commissioner Adam Silver shows compassion for Ben Simmons and his mental health status

CLEVELAND — Ben Simmons got his wish when the 76ers traded him to the Brooklyn Nets on Feb. 10. Yet his decision not to play for the Sixers until he was moved despite being in the second year of a $177 million contract extension remains a hot topic.

Sports Illustrated

Superstar Empowerment Is Wreaking Havoc on the NBA

Star players have earned their power and their autonomy. Still, their choices can have severe consequences for teams and fans.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Adam Silver concerned by non-playing arrangement of John Wall, Rockets

The NBA commissioner doesn’t view it as a situation worth intervening in, but he’s concerned by the implications of the mutual non-playing agreement between John Wall and the Rockets.

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