NBA Commissioner Adam Silver doused with ice water

The functionary of Adam Silver accepted the call of the US team basketball players and joined the ICE Bucket Challenge promotion, whose participants are doused with icy water and shoot this on the video to draw the public attention to the problems of side amyotrophic sclerosis (a progressive disease that can lead to paralysis).

Each of the participants in the action calls for his relatives and acquaintances to pour out icy water or donate 10 thousand dollars to the Fund for Combating the disease.

The US national team players made an offer to US President Barack Obama, Silver and the famous TV presenter Winfrey.

Silver accepted the challenge, doused himself with water, and, in turn, challenged the former central of the NBA clubs Congoleza Dikemba Mutombo and the first female trainer in the history of the Association of Becky Hammon, who played for the Russian national team and became the bronze medalist of the 2008 Olympics.

Thanks to the action, it was possible to attract more than 70 thousand new donors and 5.5 million US dollars (last year 32 thousand dollars managed to raise 32 thousand), ITAR-TASS notes.