President Trump against the NBA:, Adam Silver: Trump's controversial comments will not impede NBA work

After talking to an angry Masai Ujiri, NBA commissioner Adam Silver said that President Donald Trump's vulgar comment on immigration "is discouraging" but will not impede the work of the NBA and NBPA to create real change in the communities.

certainly understand how annoying he is as an immigrant in this country and Canada," Silver told ESPN when asked about Toronto President Raptors and other players who were extremely annoyed by President Trump's controversial comments reported by multiple media last week. . "I think that for him, someone who does so much in his daily life to improve the lives of Africans through his personal foundation, through our Basketball Without Borders program, is discouraging, but Masai will not stop at all with the work that performs the same as the league ".

Silver spoke to the Nigeria-born executive, who responded angrily to President Trump's derogatory comments by speaking with ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski on Friday. President Trump told reporters he is not racist when asked on Sunday about the multiple reports last week about derogatory comments.

"No, I'm not a racist," President Trump told reporters on Sunday. "I'm the least racist person you've interviewed, I can tell you that."

After an emotional visit to the National Museum of Civil Rights with the executive director of the National Association of Basketball Players, Michele Roberts, at the Lorraine Motel where Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was murdered, Silver was asked how Trump's controversy hit Ujiri and others in the NBA, like David West of Golden State. Silver also said that the 50th anniversary of King's death is "an impetus to continue pushing" towards social justice.

Silver and Roberts are in Memphis for a series of events over the weekend to honor King's legacy. This is the latest show of combined efforts between the NBA and the NBPA to help NBA players and teams build stronger and safer communities.