Adam Silver

I'm feeling good about it. One, I love the Bay Area. Obviously, four championships there since... since I've been commissioner. So I've spent a lot of time in the market and multiple finals appearances beyond that. Beautiful new arena in San Francisco.

I'm feeling good about it. One, I love the Bay Area. Obviously, four championships there since... since I've been commissioner. So I've spent a lot of time in the market and multiple finals appearances beyond that. Beautiful new arena in San Francisco.

I'm feeling good about it. One, I love the Bay Area. Obviously, four championships there since... since I've been commissioner. So I've spent a lot of time in the market and multiple finals appearances beyond that. Beautiful new arena in San Francisco.

A new format that we've talked a lot about, you know, where, you know, in essence, working with the Players Association, we came up with this format where it's in essence around Robin, you know, games to 40, then a championship. So I think that's going to be really exciting for the fans. And I also, for us,

A new format that we've talked a lot about, you know, where, you know, in essence, working with the Players Association, we came up with this format where it's in essence around Robin, you know, games to 40, then a championship. So I think that's going to be really exciting for the fans. And I also, for us,

A new format that we've talked a lot about, you know, where, you know, in essence, working with the Players Association, we came up with this format where it's in essence around Robin, you know, games to 40, then a championship. So I think that's going to be really exciting for the fans. And I also, for us,

You know, as important as the game itself is, it becomes the epicenter of the basketball world for that weekend. It's essentially, you know, Friday, Saturday and Sunday of events, community events in Oakland and San Francisco. Opportunity to see old friends. I've been with the league for a long time and When you have a neutral site finals, you can't plan to gather there.

You know, as important as the game itself is, it becomes the epicenter of the basketball world for that weekend. It's essentially, you know, Friday, Saturday and Sunday of events, community events in Oakland and San Francisco. Opportunity to see old friends. I've been with the league for a long time and When you have a neutral site finals, you can't plan to gather there.

You know, as important as the game itself is, it becomes the epicenter of the basketball world for that weekend. It's essentially, you know, Friday, Saturday and Sunday of events, community events in Oakland and San Francisco. Opportunity to see old friends. I've been with the league for a long time and When you have a neutral site finals, you can't plan to gather there.

So essentially people who've been in business for us for a long time can mark their calendars, you know, be in the Bay Area. Our international partners can all be there as well. So it's sort of a three day long celebration of the game. And that for me is the best part about the whole the whole long weekend.

So essentially people who've been in business for us for a long time can mark their calendars, you know, be in the Bay Area. Our international partners can all be there as well. So it's sort of a three day long celebration of the game. And that for me is the best part about the whole the whole long weekend.

So essentially people who've been in business for us for a long time can mark their calendars, you know, be in the Bay Area. Our international partners can all be there as well. So it's sort of a three day long celebration of the game. And that for me is the best part about the whole the whole long weekend.

I think it was when I was presenting the championship trophy on the floor at the end of last year's All-Star Game. I think everybody was incredibly disappointed, at least speaking for the fans and the league office. It wasn't what we had hoped for.

I think it was when I was presenting the championship trophy on the floor at the end of last year's All-Star Game. I think everybody was incredibly disappointed, at least speaking for the fans and the league office. It wasn't what we had hoped for.

I think it was when I was presenting the championship trophy on the floor at the end of last year's All-Star Game. I think everybody was incredibly disappointed, at least speaking for the fans and the league office. It wasn't what we had hoped for.

And then once I had an opportunity to talk to the players afterwards, I think they acknowledged as well, whatever happened, once they got out there, there wasn't any real competition. This was in Indianapolis, like Larry Bird had talked to the team in advance. Julius Erving had others. We thought we'd all come together with something that we thought would be effective. It obviously wasn't.

And then once I had an opportunity to talk to the players afterwards, I think they acknowledged as well, whatever happened, once they got out there, there wasn't any real competition. This was in Indianapolis, like Larry Bird had talked to the team in advance. Julius Erving had others. We thought we'd all come together with something that we thought would be effective. It obviously wasn't.

And then once I had an opportunity to talk to the players afterwards, I think they acknowledged as well, whatever happened, once they got out there, there wasn't any real competition. This was in Indianapolis, like Larry Bird had talked to the team in advance. Julius Erving had others. We thought we'd all come together with something that we thought would be effective. It obviously wasn't.

I think then, post-All-Star game, talking to several of the players, the perennial All-Stars who we knew would be back, we said, look, we just got to do a better job for the fans. We recognize that you just can't turn the clock back. You know, obviously the NFL and Pro Bowl went to flag football. Baseball's done some changes to tweak their All-Star game.

I think then, post-All-Star game, talking to several of the players, the perennial All-Stars who we knew would be back, we said, look, we just got to do a better job for the fans. We recognize that you just can't turn the clock back. You know, obviously the NFL and Pro Bowl went to flag football. Baseball's done some changes to tweak their All-Star game.