Adam Silver

The issue around the size of the court and the height of the basket. That's one. I think there have been various times along the way. I mean, it's interesting now that there's so much discussion about three-point shooting. You guys probably remember, you know, it was a while ago, but maybe time flies. So more sort of in the mid-90s and later.

The issue around the size of the court and the height of the basket. That's one. I think there have been various times along the way. I mean, it's interesting now that there's so much discussion about three-point shooting. You guys probably remember, you know, it was a while ago, but maybe time flies. So more sort of in the mid-90s and later.

The issue around the size of the court and the height of the basket. That's one. I think there have been various times along the way. I mean, it's interesting now that there's so much discussion about three-point shooting. You guys probably remember, you know, it was a while ago, but maybe time flies. So more sort of in the mid-90s and later.

where there was a lot of criticism around the game because people thought it had become too physical and the game, there was too much activity under the basket and that the players weren't as skilled as they used to be and that they'd lost the art of shooting. And at that time, where there seemed to be a prevalence of dunking, the thought was, it's too easy to dunk.

where there was a lot of criticism around the game because people thought it had become too physical and the game, there was too much activity under the basket and that the players weren't as skilled as they used to be and that they'd lost the art of shooting. And at that time, where there seemed to be a prevalence of dunking, the thought was, it's too easy to dunk.

where there was a lot of criticism around the game because people thought it had become too physical and the game, there was too much activity under the basket and that the players weren't as skilled as they used to be and that they'd lost the art of shooting. And at that time, where there seemed to be a prevalence of dunking, the thought was, it's too easy to dunk.

yeah and so it's quite remarkable then jump ahead till now where there's a lot of discussion around whether the players are frankly too skilled that three-point shooting has become so dominant and that it's the level of difficulty in essence isn't high enough on some of those shots so i you know i don't i can't say we ever seriously considered either you know raising the height of the basket or widening the court but those are issues that have come that have come up over the years i i also think

yeah and so it's quite remarkable then jump ahead till now where there's a lot of discussion around whether the players are frankly too skilled that three-point shooting has become so dominant and that it's the level of difficulty in essence isn't high enough on some of those shots so i you know i don't i can't say we ever seriously considered either you know raising the height of the basket or widening the court but those are issues that have come that have come up over the years i i also think

yeah and so it's quite remarkable then jump ahead till now where there's a lot of discussion around whether the players are frankly too skilled that three-point shooting has become so dominant and that it's the level of difficulty in essence isn't high enough on some of those shots so i you know i don't i can't say we ever seriously considered either you know raising the height of the basket or widening the court but those are issues that have come that have come up over the years i i also think

you know i'm trying to think of a particular example i know that a lot of marketing ideas i got one you know that i remember when teams first brought to the league the idea that we would put a brand on the uniform itself you know and i remember at the time when we first discussed that people said and i wasn't commissioner yet when we first did that david stern was commissioner but i was running the business side and people said i can't believe you're going to make our players look like nascar

you know i'm trying to think of a particular example i know that a lot of marketing ideas i got one you know that i remember when teams first brought to the league the idea that we would put a brand on the uniform itself you know and i remember at the time when we first discussed that people said and i wasn't commissioner yet when we first did that david stern was commissioner but i was running the business side and people said i can't believe you're going to make our players look like nascar

you know i'm trying to think of a particular example i know that a lot of marketing ideas i got one you know that i remember when teams first brought to the league the idea that we would put a brand on the uniform itself you know and i remember at the time when we first discussed that people said and i wasn't commissioner yet when we first did that david stern was commissioner but i was running the business side and people said i can't believe you're going to make our players look like nascar

cars, et cetera, whatever. And I think that's become very accepted. I think we did it in a fairly classy way. It's a relatively small logo on the team jerseys. But that not only has added a lot of value to the league, but for those companies that choose to put their logos on,

cars, et cetera, whatever. And I think that's become very accepted. I think we did it in a fairly classy way. It's a relatively small logo on the team jerseys. But that not only has added a lot of value to the league, but for those companies that choose to put their logos on,

cars, et cetera, whatever. And I think that's become very accepted. I think we did it in a fairly classy way. It's a relatively small logo on the team jerseys. But that not only has added a lot of value to the league, but for those companies that choose to put their logos on,

team uniforms they become that much more engaged in the league they're that much more incentivized to promote the league and so it sort of becomes you know a virtuous circle of sort of promotion around it so a few of those things i think you know even looking at i remember back in the day in the 90s early 90s now, when the continuous score clock was first proposed.

team uniforms they become that much more engaged in the league they're that much more incentivized to promote the league and so it sort of becomes you know a virtuous circle of sort of promotion around it so a few of those things i think you know even looking at i remember back in the day in the 90s early 90s now, when the continuous score clock was first proposed.

team uniforms they become that much more engaged in the league they're that much more incentivized to promote the league and so it sort of becomes you know a virtuous circle of sort of promotion around it so a few of those things i think you know even looking at i remember back in the day in the 90s early 90s now, when the continuous score clock was first proposed.

I mean, Dick Eversol, still a close friend, was the executive producer of the president of NBC Sports. He opposed that idea, you know, both for football and basketball. I mean, it's almost unimaginable to watch a sporting event now and think you got to wait, you know, for however many minutes till the director decides, you know, to show you the score again. But

I mean, Dick Eversol, still a close friend, was the executive producer of the president of NBC Sports. He opposed that idea, you know, both for football and basketball. I mean, it's almost unimaginable to watch a sporting event now and think you got to wait, you know, for however many minutes till the director decides, you know, to show you the score again. But