The NBA will have a solution by June to teams "tanking" to try and obtain a better NBA Draft spot, commissioner Adam Silver vowed on Wednesday.
And he made it clear the NBA wants partners on a new European league to include Euroleague, world governing body FIBA and national leagues around the region.
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