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Silver: No suggestion of corruption in world basketball
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OAKLAND (AP) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday there has been “absolutely no suggestion” of any wrongdoing with basketball’s international governing body like the scandal that has rocked soccer.Speaking before Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Silver expressed his confidence in FIBA, noting that the NBA has a seat on its board.“Their financials are audited. They have open board meetings,” Silver said. “And, again, there’s never been a discussion in our sport of any of the sort of taint that we’re seeing right now in FIFA.”FIFA president Sepp Blatter has announced he will resign as a result of soccer’s corruption crisis, saying he didn’t feel the support of the world soccer community.Silver sees that as a difference.“I know the head of our federation, Patrick Baumann, very well,” he said.