The commissioner acknowledged tanking is “worse this year” and everything is on the table to fix it, while punting on questions around the Clippers’ investigation and league expansion.

This is Silver's 12th full season as commissioner. It is shaping up to be his most challenging, which is saying an awful lot considering one of the very first issues he was tasked with handling was hitting the eject button on former Clippers owner Donald Sterling, who was caught on tape making racist remarks.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver spoke Saturday during All-Star Weekend about the league’s hot-button issues, including tanking, the lottery, expansion and the league’s pending investigation into whether the Clippers arranged a multimillion-dollar endorsement deal for Kawhi Leonard to circumvent the salary cap.

Adam Silver confirmed that the inquiry into Kawhi Leonard's endorsement deal is ongoing, though he refrained from sharing detailed findings.

Adam Silver said the NBA expects some significant discussion to happen around expansion during the upcoming Board of Governors meeting scheduled for late March.