Adam Silver

And also, I think about how much of my time now I spend on growing the game globally. I mean, David was so far ahead of his time. And when I got to the NBA in 92, you know, shortly thereafter, it was the Dream Team. And, you know, which also transformed the NBA. I mean, what an interesting statistic.

And also, I think about how much of my time now I spend on growing the game globally. I mean, David was so far ahead of his time. And when I got to the NBA in 92, you know, shortly thereafter, it was the Dream Team. And, you know, which also transformed the NBA. I mean, what an interesting statistic.

And also, I think about how much of my time now I spend on growing the game globally. I mean, David was so far ahead of his time. And when I got to the NBA in 92, you know, shortly thereafter, it was the Dream Team. And, you know, which also transformed the NBA. I mean, what an interesting statistic.

At the time that I got to the NBA, roughly 5% of the players in the league were born outside the United States. Now it's around 30%. You know, when you mentioned Luka or Giannis, you know, go down to Wemby. You know, now, you know, the Joker are very best players. Many of them are born outside the United States now.

At the time that I got to the NBA, roughly 5% of the players in the league were born outside the United States. Now it's around 30%. You know, when you mentioned Luka or Giannis, you know, go down to Wemby. You know, now, you know, the Joker are very best players. Many of them are born outside the United States now.

At the time that I got to the NBA, roughly 5% of the players in the league were born outside the United States. Now it's around 30%. You know, when you mentioned Luka or Giannis, you know, go down to Wemby. You know, now, you know, the Joker are very best players. Many of them are born outside the United States now.

And that pool of players, I mean, just you got a chance to watch some of the Olympics out of Paris, a U.S.-Serbia game or the U.S.-France game. You know, there's so much high level basketball being played around the world. And David really had that vision that this could truly be a global game.

And that pool of players, I mean, just you got a chance to watch some of the Olympics out of Paris, a U.S.-Serbia game or the U.S.-France game. You know, there's so much high level basketball being played around the world. And David really had that vision that this could truly be a global game.

And that pool of players, I mean, just you got a chance to watch some of the Olympics out of Paris, a U.S.-Serbia game or the U.S.-France game. You know, there's so much high level basketball being played around the world. And David really had that vision that this could truly be a global game.

Well, so, you know, it was only a year ago or two years ago we added the ability to call a technical in-game. you know, for flopping. So that was that was a change in rules, a new rule that we did, you know, modeled a little bit after the FIBA rules, the international basketball rules. And we have a provision where we do review after the fact. Obviously, we want finality in the game.

Well, so, you know, it was only a year ago or two years ago we added the ability to call a technical in-game. you know, for flopping. So that was that was a change in rules, a new rule that we did, you know, modeled a little bit after the FIBA rules, the international basketball rules. And we have a provision where we do review after the fact. Obviously, we want finality in the game.

Well, so, you know, it was only a year ago or two years ago we added the ability to call a technical in-game. you know, for flopping. So that was that was a change in rules, a new rule that we did, you know, modeled a little bit after the FIBA rules, the international basketball rules. And we have a provision where we do review after the fact. Obviously, we want finality in the game.

So we're not going to go back and change scores or anything. But guys can be fined after the fact. And at least according to our own, you know,

So we're not going to go back and change scores or anything. But guys can be fined after the fact. And at least according to our own, you know,

So we're not going to go back and change scores or anything. But guys can be fined after the fact. And at least according to our own, you know,

sort of reviews of the games we've cut back considerably on flopping it's still i will say that you know for my european colleagues european friends you know there's a tradition in european soccer global soccer of flopping it was sort of to me brought to the nba stylistically by a lot of the international players a lot of them grew up as soccer players We've tried to crack down on it.

sort of reviews of the games we've cut back considerably on flopping it's still i will say that you know for my european colleagues european friends you know there's a tradition in european soccer global soccer of flopping it was sort of to me brought to the nba stylistically by a lot of the international players a lot of them grew up as soccer players We've tried to crack down on it.

sort of reviews of the games we've cut back considerably on flopping it's still i will say that you know for my european colleagues european friends you know there's a tradition in european soccer global soccer of flopping it was sort of to me brought to the nba stylistically by a lot of the international players a lot of them grew up as soccer players We've tried to crack down on it.

Again, I think we've made progress. My sense is that as various forms of replay get better and get faster... Look, the problem is, by definition, you're fooling the ref. And if you get away with it, especially in real time, all you can do after the fact is potentially find the players. And I think you said it. The embellishment is the hardest because...

Again, I think we've made progress. My sense is that as various forms of replay get better and get faster... Look, the problem is, by definition, you're fooling the ref. And if you get away with it, especially in real time, all you can do after the fact is potentially find the players. And I think you said it. The embellishment is the hardest because...