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Adam Silver says NBA will soon use AI for certain calls — here’s how it could work

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NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league will use AI to automate a category of calls such as out-of-bounds decisions to speed up games and reduce disputes over possession.

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What happened

NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league will use AI to automate a category of calls such as out-of-bounds decisions to speed up games and reduce disputes over possession.

Why it matters

Silver compared the system to Hawk-Eye technology used in tennis, where electronic line-calling quickly determines whether a ball has landed in or out.

Common ground

“We’re going to move to a system like that where that whole category of calls will be automatic,” Silver said on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” on Wednesday.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 5 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “NBA commissioner Adam Silver said the league will use AI to automate a category of calls such as out-of-bounds decisions”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm that NBA Commissioner Adam Silver stated the league will use AI to automate a category of calls, specifically mentioning out-of-bounds decisions.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Adam Silver (born April 25, 1962) is an American lawyer and sports executive who is serving as the fifth and current commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He joined the NBA in 199…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Silver
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The commissioner of the NBA is the chief executive of the National Basketball Association (NBA). The current commissioner is Adam Silver, who succeeded David Stern on February 1, 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commissioner_of_the_NBA
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The NBA Cup is an annual National Basketball Association (NBA) tournament that occurs during the regular season. The tournament was officially announced on July 8, 2023, and it debuted during the 2023…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBA_Cup
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Claim 2: “Those calls will be done by an AI, automated system with cameras lined around the court.”
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Web search results quote Silver stating that 'those calls will be done by an AI-automated system with cameras lined around the court'.
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web search NEUTRAL — The NBA currently uses a Coach’s Challenge system for many replay situations. A team starts with one challenge and can earn a second if the first succeeds. That adds strategy, but it also creates absu…
https://kingy.ai/news/nba-games-ai-officiating-out-of-bounds…
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web search NEUTRAL — It's important to note that NBA referees are not being replaced. Technology is just helping; instead of six human eyes on a court, it's now six human eyes and a whole lot of camera lenses that are the…
https://techxplore.com/news/2025-10-automated-nba.html
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web search NEUTRAL — An automated calling system places the call, listens to the caller, decides the next step, and completes the conversation or logs the result. The system handles this flow through four main components
https://www.lindy.ai/blog/automated-phone-calling
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Claim 3: “Silver compared the system to Hawk-Eye technology used in tennis”
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Web search results explicitly state that Silver compared the planned AI system to the Hawk-Eye technology used in tennis for electronic line-calling.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Iowa ( EYE-ə-wə) is a landlocked state in the upper Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wiscon…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a listing of the best-selling video games in the United States annually by units sold since 1980, with sales figures from Circana since 1994. The United States is a very competitive market for…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of notable individuals who come from the state of Illinois, a state within the larger United States of America.
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Claim 4: “The NBA has increasingly leaned on replay review and centralized decision-making to improve officiating accuracy”
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Multiple sources confirm the NBA's trend toward replay review and centralized decision-making, including the establishment of the NBA Replay Center and the use of headsets for referees.
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 31, 2025 ... The new areas where decisions will be made by referees in the NBA Replay Center will include foul calls coinciding with shot clock violations, ...
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web search NEUTRAL — May 28, 2026 ... The NBA has increasingly leaned on replay review and centralized decision-making to improve officiating accuracy, though reviews can slow the ...
https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/1403972-nba-to-introduce-a…
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web search NEUTRAL — Sep 30, 2015 ... The NBA has been working hard on trying to make the replay review process during games as streamlined and accurate as possible.
https://www.cbssports.com/nba/news/nba-announces-addition-of…
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Claim 5: “Silver said on ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” on Wednesday”
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Multiple web search results confirm Adam Silver appeared on 'The Pat McAfee Show' on a Wednesday (May 27/28, 2026) to make these statements.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Austin Kirk Jenkins (born July 5, 1989), known by the ring name Adam Cole, is an American professional wrestler. He is signed to All Elite Wrestling (AEW), where he is the leader of The Paragon. He is…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Austin Tyler White (born August 2, 1997) is an American professional wrestler. As of August 2019, he is signed to WWE, where he performs on the Raw brand under the ring name Austin Theory. He is a mem…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Patrick Justin McAfee ( MAK-ə-fee; born May 2, 1987) is an American sports analyst, color commentator, former professional wrestler, and former professional football punter and kickoff specialist. He …
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