Inside Adam Silver’s COVID Playbook

As the NBA handles a large number of players entering coronavirus protocols just ahead of its Christmas Day slate of games, fans have been wondering if and when the league will pause due to the rising number of cases. Matt Sullivan of Rolling Stone takes a deep look at the behind-the-scenes around the league, including insight into what, exactly, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is considering as omicron washes over the league.

According to a person with direct knowledge of Silver’s thinking, the commissioner has confronted this month’s 100-plus new cases — and counting — by trying not to make up precedents on the fly. Silver, this high-level source tells Rolling Stone, knows he could be…