Is Adam Silver up for this?

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Clay Bennett married rich, stole basketball from Seattle, and ran the Thunder so cheaply they lost prime James Harden. Sam Presti, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Mark Daigneault and the team put years into figuring out how to win anyway. But Bennett gets the trophy, because Adam Silver works for billionaires. JUSTIN FORD/GETTY IMAGES

In 2012, when the NBA anointed Adam Silver as its next commissioner, I got an assignment from ESPN to write about him—probably because, as a nerdy bald guy, I have a certain affinity for Adam. I’d had a lot of exposure to Adam, starting when he approached me on the street, told me he was a TrueHoop reader, and thanked me for covering the league. My article was positive, and honestly so, and included a line from David Stern who said he felt that he had kidnapped Adam for the NBA on his way to a legal career.

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