NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the struggling Philadelphia 76ers were under no pressure from him or owners to change their operations strategy, which included hiring Jerry Colangelo as an adviser earlier this month.
Silver said 76ers owner Josh Harris made the decision to shift course on his own.
"I can tell you that because he and I had many conversations along the way about the utility of the strategy that he was following," Silver told FiveThirtyEight. "And he came to the conclusion, once this season began and he saw how his team was performing on the floor, that he needed to change his strategy. Other owners were not pressuring him at all."