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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver termed North Carolina's LGBT law as "problematic" but says the league hasn't reached a decision to move next season's All-Star Game out of Charlotte. Silver disapproves of the law that limits rights and protections for lesbian, gay and transgender people. He said it was a topic of discussion at the NBA Board of Governors meeting in New York.
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"The current state of the law is problematic for the league, but we're not making any announcements now," Silver said after Friday's conclusion of the meetings. "We can be most constructive by working with elected officials to effect change."
Silver said that a vote on moving the game wasn't taken during the meetings. However, he said everyone in the room was in agreement about the law.
"We stand united against any form of discrimination," Silver said.
NBA executive vice president of communications Mike Bass made it clear that a decision on whether or not to move the game isn't imminent, but remains a possibility.
"During a media availability earlier today following the NBA's Board of Governors meeting, Commissioner Adam Silver clarified that the NBA remains deeply concerned about its ability to successfully host the 2017 All-Star Game in Charlotte, North Carolina, in light of recent legislation that discriminates against the LGBT community," Bass said. "At no time did Adam affirm that the league would not move the All-Star Game; rather he stressed repeatedly that the legislation is problematic, that we feel it is best to engage with the community to work towards a solution, that change is needed and we are hopeful that it will occur."
