In stories about professional basketball on sports pages and websites, “the league” refers to the billionaires who own National Basketball Association franchises —not their employees, who are referred to as  “the players.” The team owners appoint a commissioner to pursue their collective interests and to be their mouthpiece. Currently it’s a sepulchral lawyer named Adam Silver. who is More

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