“This isn’t unique to the NBA — and I’ve learned this from other businesses — is that you have to talk about these issues all the time,” NBA commissioner Adam Silver said during his news conference before Game 1 of the 2022 NBA Finals on Thursday night. “If you care about diversity and inclusion in your workplace, you’ve got to look at the data. You’ve got to constantly present it to your colleagues, to your department heads, to your teams, and it has to become a focus. It’s my job in part to say that’s a priority for this organization.