The Spurs announcer asks for a moment of silence for the recent passing of Brandon Clarke and Jason Collins. NBC inexplicably faded to black then cut to commercial in the middle of the moment; a DraftK*ngs commercial played on the broadcast.
adam silver’s nba
First taco bell, now this
I cant wait for the day that DraftKings and/or Adam Silver is not with the NBA anymore
Found this clip to be really insightful from Brian Windhorst talking about the effect of massive sums of money being thrown at the league
Not really sure how this is on him. He doesnt control the ads played in games or when the networks cut to commercial
Bit of a reach here
Nice try Adam
Even if its not, its certainly his job to answer for it.
This action isn’t directly Adam Silver, but the NBA moving down this path has been a Silver directive. Yes, he didn’t push this button, no fucking shit. But this is the product he’s developed.
How do we know this is an Adam Silver directive? I’m not sure how you divorce the commissioner from the owners at all to begin with. The idea itself of an Adam Silver directive without tacit owner support seems ridiculous,
holy anti semite over here
Holy moron over here
Adam Silver being Jewish has nothing to do with him selling the league out to gambling interests, weird of you to correlate the two
Calling any criticism of a Jewish figure “antisemitism” trivializes real antisemitism and undermines efforts to combat actual cases.
So let’s not, please.
Let me guess, if I say f**k Israel, you’ll think I’m being an anti semite?
Congratulations for typing the most stupid comment I have seen today.
Are you fucking kidding me with this? Is it anti-semitic to hate gambling commercials during fucking moments of silence?
That’s fucking mental lmao. There’s no words to explain this
I mean there’s three
Late stage capitalism
Or you could just use one: Grotesque
One of the considerations for addressing the NBA flurry of injuries is to reduce the number of games. The problem here is the betting mafia e.g. no games…no betting.
There is no late stage capitalism there’s just capitalism.
Oh trust me I can think of a lot more than just those four, and some of them are even safe for print
You’re using the moment to benefit yourself. And you’re also advertising draft kings
How can you say this is grotesque when you’re doing the same thing
He’s far from doing the same thing at all.
In this a disrespectful thing to do
Why are you showing video of it ?
Having people complain I didn’t include a gambling ad in no way benefits me
I’m not talking about the ad
Did you not get the memo? It’s everyone else that needs to be better. Not me.
Lmao! Finally someone who sees is the same way I do
It is just strange to me. It’s the same way people post other things. Like you can post the worst things in the world as long as you say “isn’t this terrible how XYZ did this”
Genuinely feels like a dystopian world you would see in fiction
We are steadily hurdling closer to Brave New World levels of dystopia
Good money to be made betting during the moment of silence
Ask yourself though given things that are going on in our society these days are you even surprised?
“why grieve for free when you can bet on when your favorite player will die on kalshi?”
I got +160 odds of turning that frown upside down!
“You’ll make so much money it’ll be worth the federal investigation”
Got me giggling in the bus man tf wrong w u 😭
This is some vile dystopian shit.
The amount of gambling ads we get while watching anything sports related is just wild. Even SportsCenter, they’ll talk about tonight’s big game and then give Draft King odds and interview their gambling “expert.”
It’s everywhere. I can’t imagine being someone that struggled with a gambling addiction, trying to recover and you just see it promoted 24⁄7.
ALL ESPN shows, NBAtv, all of them.
It is exhausting.
It’s also on the basketball podcasts I listen to and it’s grating.
It has turned me off of sports altogether tbh. I’ve started caring less and less and less since covid hit but it’s only gotten worse with the sponsored integration of gambling, it’s so blatantly shameless and immoral lol
Growing up in the 90s it always felt like there was a thumb on the scales from the refs in every league. The almighty narrative was usually given every opportunity to succeed. Gambling was always there, but it’s taken a new focus that makes me question every decision even harder.
Maybe it’s just paranoia, but at this point I have enough questions where I’d rather watch Harlem Globetrotters or Bananaball where they admit it’s made up. If we’re not gonna take ethics seriously, at least make it fun.
The amount of times I’ve seen that ad with Blake Griffin and the dad from Wednesday the past month 😭
What’s worse is they went to commercial as soon as they could as they’re skipping the anthem to get ad revenue in
I mean skipping the anthem doesn’t matter that much. Like maybe if it’s the finals and some famous singer. But this is far worse
No way is skipping the anthem worse than this
I don’t care about missing the anthem. It’s played before every game. It’s whatever. Maybe during the finals.
late state capitalism summed up in 50 seconds
I noticed this during the broadcast. Absolutely tasteless and uncaring during a moment of silence on NBC’s part. 😔
ADAM SILVER’S NBA
Am I missing something in this clip, where’s the ad
In what world do you think that this sub would allow a clip that even partially includes an ad for gambling? Like there’s a reason why DK is censored in the title.
Maybe because it’s relevant in this particular instance?
i mean sure but i read the title and then saw the whole video in your post and i thought i missed something. i felt confused too
Fucking wild to post it with that title making it seem like that’s what the video would be and then be snarky about it not being in the video.
My b for not being well-versed on the rulebook of r/nba
Us non 1% posters don’t know the ins and outs of what’s permitted and what’s not. Sorry to offend you with our vast ignorance.
Not posting it with the ad removes the context and doesnt really provide any proof that there was a gambling ad in these circumstances.
I do believe you, but there’s no real proof that what you say happened actually happened without the clip at the end unfortunately as it is highly relevant
Scummy and really insensitive thing for them to do in these circumstances nonetheless
Bruh I rewatched this clip like 5 times to make sure I wasn’t crazy.
Because it’s the whole point of your post? You don’t have to post the whole ad.
show the ad bro. would have been better
It bothers me Silver/NBA wouldn’t say what barrier Jason Collins broke. If you’re going to honor him like this, do him right. Being the first openly gay athlete in the big 4 american sports is a big deal man.
Ivey’s tantrums must’ve worked
Why is the ad not included in the video lol
Nasty work
Adam Silver is a despicable human being.
Anyone who praises Henry Kissinger tends to be
Agreed fuck Kissinger may he rot.
It’s not Silver, it’s the Raptors owners and company. I tend to feel like blaming the commissioner and not focusing on the overall power structure is silly. But then, I guess that means he’s doing his job.
What does it have to do with Adam Silver?
They paid for the rights to broadcast.
Lmfao I thought my tv stopped working. Then when the DraftKings commercial came on I just nodded to myself because of course that’s what they’d rather show.
Well it’s sad and all but don’t forget to place your bets at DraftKings© !
😂
This feels like something you’d see on South Park.
Absolutely disgusting
My hatred for gambling intensifies.
They gotta get that ad revenue smh
I noticed. It was unexpected. I have zero connection to the 2 people that died and it still felt disrespectful.
Bruh 🤦
I can’t believe sports gambling was better when it was still mostly illegal
Perfectly encompasses the modern American sports culture
RIP.
IIRC, it isn’t something new (ads cutting during a moment of silence, whether it is betting or something else).
Disgusting
A nice microcosm of American society
Good summary of the state of the world
To think they actually this prior to the game.
This is disrespectful
So why are you posting it for attention? Why use these awful moments for self gain?
Honest question