Silver: NBA needs progress by end of summer on NC law

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Commissioner Adam Silver says the NBA needs to see definitive progress toward changing a hotly debated North Carolina law by the end of summer to ensure that the 2017 All-Star Game will remain in Charlotte.
Silver says he has been pleased by the direction of the discussions and would already be looking to move the game were that not the case. He remains optimistic that a solution will be reached to keep the game in Charlotte.
The law excludes lesbian, gay and transge