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The NBA comprises some of the biggest athletes in the world currently, namely LeBron James, Stephen Curry, and many other popular superstars. As a result, they have many followers across major social media platforms like Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, and others. It doesn’t come as a surprise that the league has a huge number of employees working to maintain the social media pages. As the NBA commissioner deals with the Ja Morant social media saga, he has found himself in hot water.
Recently, a former employee dropped some massive allegations against Adam Silver which has taken the internet by storm. Interestingly, these comments were made on the NBA’s official account!
Former employee exposes life working under Adam Silver
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The NBA has over 160 million followers on Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram alone! While there is no denying they need a huge number of workforce to maintain these massive pages, it looks like the employees are being overworked.
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A former employee took Facebook by storm recently. While still logged into the official account, the employee revealed they were overworked daily.
In fact, they worked over 14 hours a day for a low salary of less than $50 thousand annually. Moreover, the employees are not eligible for health insurance before three months of work.
Former NBA employee calls out Adam Silver on Facebook 🫣
— NBACentral (@TheDunkCentral) August 21, 2023
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This comes as a major surprise to the NBA world. Considering NBA’s official Facebook handle posted this, it will reach a large audience. The league’s reputation for setting work standards for other sports leagues will surely take a hit for Adam Silver and the league.
This comes at a bad time for Silver as he solves Ja Morant saga
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Memphis Grizzlies star Ja Morant is the epitome of how social media can ruin an athlete’s reputation. The 2022 Most Improved Player has been suspended for 25 games following multiple accounts of breach of conduct.
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The 24-year-old has been accused of flashing a gun while live on social media on more occasions than one. This urged Silver to take a decision to suspend him for 25 games after initially giving him an 8-game ban last season. While a huge number of people have lauded Silver for his decision, people on social media have bashed the commissioner for being too harsh.
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