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NBA: No new decision on Charlotte hosting 2017 All-Star Game

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On the same day North Carolina lawmakers took steps to fund the legal defense of House Bill 2, the NBA and Charlotte Hornets released a joint statement on the future of the 2017 NBA All-Star weekend, which the city of Charlotte is set to host next February.

"We have been engaged in dialogue with numerous groups at the city and state levels, but we do not endorse the version of the bill that we understand is currently before the legislature," the statement said of North Carolina's controversial HB2 legislation, which is widely understood to target the LGBT community.

"We remain committed to our guiding principles of inclusion, mutual respect, and equal protections for all. We continue to believe that constructive engagement with all sides is the right path forward. There has been no new decision made regarding the 2017 NBA All-Star Game."

During a pre-Finals media conference, commissioner Adam Silver said that while the league hasn't given Charlotte any line-in-the-sand deadline, they'd like to know where they stand by the end of the summer. Silver also mentioned that the league was looking at alternative host cities in the event the All-Star Game needs to be moved.

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