As a basketball fan, Adam Silver would have loved to have seen Caitlin Clark on the U.S. Olympic women’s team for this summer’s Paris Games. As NBA Commissioner, he understands why it didn’t happen.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver talks to reporters before Game 1 of basketball’s NBA Finals between the Boston Celtics and the Dallas Mavericks, Thursday, June 6, 2024, in Boston. FILE - Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark signs autographs for fans before the start of W NBA basketball game against the New York Liberty, Saturday, May 18, 2024, in New York.
“My mandate is a bit different than USA Basketball’s,” Silver said. “My job is to get more people to watch and love basketball. USA Basketball has a very specific mandate about fielding the best possible team from a competitive standpoint, and I accept that they all did their jobs the way they were instructed to.
There have been two teams in Major League Baseball history to finish a championship season on eight-game winning streaks — the 2005 Chicago White Sox and the 2004 Red Sox. The Celtics are bidding for the 10th four-game sweep in NBA Finals history and the first since Golden State swept Cleveland in 2018.
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