Nick Baumgardner

The shot clock, excuse me, pitch clock, excuse me, didn't exist.

We'd be having a very different framed conversation about baseball right now.

But they made the two big adjustments, the shift and the pitch clock, and now the introduction of ABS, I think has helped move baseball into the modern era.

The problem with basketball is there's still 82 games in a season.

And the way we as a society have made it a –

Rings are nothing culture.

Teams are now gearing to make sure that their guys are healthy for the postseason, and they're not as concerned with the regular season.

And why should they be?

They tried to change the minimum number of games played for all the NBA honors, whether it's MVP, Ricky of the Year, All-NBA.

That hasn't worked.

I think they're still trying to figure it out, to be honest, Russ.

Do you have any good suggestions for our commissioner, Adam Silver, of the game that we love?

So when it comes to the product of basketball, I don't want to put 100% of the blame on him because I don't think –

He and the office in New York can necessarily control how the game of basketball is played.

I think that's a grassroots thing that has happened over time.

I also think that the rise of Hall of Famer, future Hall of Famer Steph Curry has changed the game of basketball significantly.

But I don't like the idea of like, oh, I saw a suggestion like you take away the three-point line.

It's like that would bother me because it's like, bro, no.

What about moving it back?

I don't necessarily love that either.