Adam Silver

The podcast came out.

It was news to me.

I'd frankly never heard of the company Aspiration before, and I'd never heard a whiff of anything around an endorsement deal with Kawai or anything around engagement with the Los Angeles Clippers, so it was all new to me.

If I said I never heard of it, I meant in the context of the accusations here.

I mean, I certainly was aware of the brand, but I didn't know anything about it.

The podcast came out.

It was news to me.

I...

frankly, never heard of the company Aspiration before, and I'd never heard a whiff of anything around an endorsement deal with Kawai or anything around engagement with the Los Angeles Clippers.

So it was all new to me.

I heard it.

I saw some of the follow-up information.

We spoke internally.

Rick Buchanan, our general counsel, is here, who oversees any investigations.

Rick had a conversation with Steve Barmer, and we quickly concluded this was something that rose to the level

that necessitates an investigation.

In fact, one that's done outside of our office.

And again, I would also say I've been around the league long enough and different permutations of allegations and accusations that I'm a big believer in due process and fairness and you need to now let the investigation run its course.

There's a huge amount of our content that people can essentially consume for free.

I mean, this is very much a highlights-based sport.