As ESPN continues to deal with the fallout from the leaked video of Rachel Nichols citing “diversity” for Maria Taylor being given the nod to host pregame and postgame shows for the 2020 NBA Finals, NBA commissioner Adam Silver took time out of his Tuesday press conference to address the turmoil at the worldwide leader in sports.
According to The New York Times, Taylor has refused to work with Nichols over the past year after hearing Nichols air her frustrations to Adam Mendelsohn — longtime advisor to LeBron James — in an inadvertently recorded conversation between the two in July 2020.
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