MEMPHIS -- After taking an emotional tour of the National Civil Rights Museum, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said President Donald Trump's reportedly vulgar comments about immigration and the 50th anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr's death are "an impetus to continue pushing forward" toward impacting social injustice.
Silver told ESPN that Trump's reference to Haiti and some African countries as reported by multiple outlets last week "is discouraging" and that it will not "deter" the work of the NBA and NBPA in creating real change in communities.
"I think for both Michele and me, it is a reminder and an impetus to continue pushing forward with the kind of things that we can do together as a league," Silver said after touring the museum with NBPA executive director Michele Roberts at the Lorraine Motel where King was assassinated.