NBA commissioner Adam Silver, in recent comments to Phoenix Suns employees, addressed possible solutions for tanking while noting that he understands why teams would do it when a "once-in-a-generation player" is about to enter the league, according to sources who were present.
Calling it a "serious issue" that has sparked "hundreds" of meetings, Silver's comments came this week during a question-and-answer session in the Suns' arena, where Silver also apologized multiple times on behalf of the league office to a large group of Suns employees for workplace misconduct under the teams' majority owner Robert Sarver.
During the session, one employee asked Silver about tanking, a theme that is widely expected to dominate the league conversation with 7-foot-4 French phenom Victor Wembanyama - a potential franchise-altering prospect - being projected to be the No.