Is Adam Silver the Right Leader for the NBA? + SGA’s Flopping & Wemby's Flagrant Foul

About this episode

Domonique Foxworth and Charlie Kravitz discuss the NBA Draft lottery, player conduct, and Adam Silver's leadership as NBA commissioner.

Domonique Foxworth and Charlie Kravitz break down the NBA Draft lottery, Victor Wembanyama's flagrant foul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's flopping before diving into Adam Silver's tenure as NBA commissioner, how he's handled issues such as flopping and tanking, and whether he's the right guy to lead the NBA moving forward. 0:00 Intro 0:49 Who should the Wizards draft #1? 6:42 Wemby's flagrant foul 11:53 SGA's flopping 16:47 The Atlantic piece on Adam Silver 30:49 Silver's stance on gambling 43:06 Silver's stance on flopping 53:17 Should the NBA shorten the season? 1:13:10 Silver's stance on tanking/expansion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: Domonique Foxworth

Guest: Charlie Kravitz

Topics covered

• NBA Draft lottery
• Victor Wembanyama
• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
• Adam Silver
• flopping
• tanking
• NBA leadership

Keywords

• NBA
• Adam Silver
• flopping
• tanking
• Victor Wembanyama
• Shai Gilgeous-Alexander
• Wizards
• NBA Draft lottery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NBA, Wizards, Atlantic

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