During Adam Silver's tenure as the commissioner of the NBA, the league has taken some inspiration from EuroLeague basketball with the NBA's In-Season Tournament.
On Wednesday, Silver went on "The Dan Patrick Show" and was asked about the "wildest" changes he and the league have considered. Silver said that one thing he'd been thinking about was the possibility of dropping from 12-minute quarters to 10-minute quarters.
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver seems to always be looking for ways to make the league more interesting. He cited MLB's recent success with new rules.
The NBA is still exploring ways to expand its role in European basketball. Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that those talks with FIBA and other stakeholders will continue.
Adam Silver hints at a potential massive change in the league’s game format as the NBA looks for ways to address declining TV viewership.
The NBA commissioner notes he may be alone on an island, but is a proponent of having games be 40 minutes instead of 48.
There are steps the league can take to improve the product, but don't mess with the fundamental structure of the NBA game.
This past Wednesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver revealed that he likes the idea of shortening basketball matches to 40 minutes, which would mean each quarter would last 10 minutes, and not 12 as it is tradition. “As we get more involved in global basketball, the NBA is the only league that plays 48 minutes.
Speaking ahead of the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers game in Paris, Silver emphasized the opportunity to professionalize European
Nearly 16,000 fans packed Paris’ Accor Arena on two separate occasions last week to watch the Spurs face Indiana, almost all of them there to root on local hero Victor Wembanyama. One of Wembanyama’s biggest fans flew all the way from New York to catch the spectacle created by the Spurs star’s first NBA games on French soil.
"I’m listening to the critics," the NBA commissioner said ahead of competition committee and general managers meetings next week.
The Indiana Pacers are in Paris to take on the San Antonio Spurs and their French-born superstar Victor Wembanyama on Thursday. The Pacers arrived Monday morning and will be there through Saturday's game and don't have another game in the U.S. until Wednesday at home against the Pistons.