Adam Silver

I mean, part of my job is hearing directly from players. You know, I've been at the league for a long time. So when players are coming through New York and playing the Knicks or the Nets, often they'll stop by the office. And in those one-on-one conversations, I can get a better sense from them. how they see the league. Also, our players are also the age, in many cases, of our core demographics.

So I'm always interested in how a 26-year-old player is consuming the NBA. Are you watching games on your phone? What social media sites are you on? What podcasts like yours are they watching? So that's very helpful. And again, and it's not just

So I'm always interested in how a 26-year-old player is consuming the NBA. Are you watching games on your phone? What social media sites are you on? What podcasts like yours are they watching? So that's very helpful. And again, and it's not just

So I'm always interested in how a 26-year-old player is consuming the NBA. Are you watching games on your phone? What social media sites are you on? What podcasts like yours are they watching? So that's very helpful. And again, and it's not just

owners of 30 teams you have team presidents and gms and coaches so lots of different constituent groups that are constantly you know providing feedback to the to to the league office and sharing information with and and that adage has never been more true that two heads are better than one and i just find that like part of my job is to be a good listener and get advice from others and then then somehow filter that advice and figure out what's in the best interest of the league

owners of 30 teams you have team presidents and gms and coaches so lots of different constituent groups that are constantly you know providing feedback to the to to the league office and sharing information with and and that adage has never been more true that two heads are better than one and i just find that like part of my job is to be a good listener and get advice from others and then then somehow filter that advice and figure out what's in the best interest of the league

owners of 30 teams you have team presidents and gms and coaches so lots of different constituent groups that are constantly you know providing feedback to the to to the league office and sharing information with and and that adage has never been more true that two heads are better than one and i just find that like part of my job is to be a good listener and get advice from others and then then somehow filter that advice and figure out what's in the best interest of the league

You know, last time I got that question on a show like this, it was a question that came from Dan Patrick. It was, what's the wildest idea you've gotten? And I said, 10 minute quarters. And I've been responding to questions at 10 minute quarters ever since. I'm going to be really careful how I answer this question. I mean, I'd say, you know, people have raised

You know, last time I got that question on a show like this, it was a question that came from Dan Patrick. It was, what's the wildest idea you've gotten? And I said, 10 minute quarters. And I've been responding to questions at 10 minute quarters ever since. I'm going to be really careful how I answer this question. I mean, I'd say, you know, people have raised

You know, last time I got that question on a show like this, it was a question that came from Dan Patrick. It was, what's the wildest idea you've gotten? And I said, 10 minute quarters. And I've been responding to questions at 10 minute quarters ever since. I'm going to be really careful how I answer this question. I mean, I'd say, you know, people have raised

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