Lately, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has fielded concerns on when the season will resume and if the league can implement enough safety measures to protect everyone involved from the novel coronavirus outbreak.
During the weekend, though, Silver shifted gears and spent his time processing the nationwide protests surrounding George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor, all of whom were black and unarmed before being killed.
"As a league, we share the outrage and offer our sincere condolences to their families and friends," Silver wrote Sunday night in a memo to league office employees obtained by USA TODAY Sports.