Adam Silver sent an email to NBA corporate offices worldwide shortly after the presidential election results to reiterate to NBA employees that the league's core values and commitment to equality and diversity haven't changed.

Silver's email was not in any way making a statement about the election results, sources contend.

Silver assured NBA employees that the league and its players will continue to work in communities to try to find a way to improve lives with the understanding that the nation had just emerged divided from a contentious election.

There were staff meetings at NBA offices this week to allow employees to discuss the election.

Silver has repeatedly stressed that he is highly in favor of his players talking openly about and taking stands on social issues in a respectful manner and that "there may be no organization in our society better positioned than the NBA" to have an impact on today's social climate in the United States.