Hour 1: The Arch That Is Not A Bridge
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What insights does Tony provide about Adam Silver's leadership?
This is the Dan Levatar Show with the Stugatz Podcast.
I'd like to talk with you guys a little bit about what is happening surrounding Adam Silver because you guys say don't follow the legend Nick Saban, don't follow the legend Bill Belichick and the way Adam Silver followed the legend David Stern was by being so bold or appearing so bold, I should say, appearing so bold, because when he took the team from Donald Sterling, it was actually a very easy decision because all the other owners wanted him to do that because they hated Donald Sterling. Donald Sterling was an embarrassment to all the other owners for a long time. Except for Mark Cuban, funny enough. And the position that Adam Silver now finds himself in is an interesting one, because I thought once upon a time he was a progressive, modern leader who was younger than David Stern, who would be allied to the players, more gentle, wouldn't be iron fisted dictator.
You don't believe that anymore? Well, he's just gotten old, right? Adam Silver has aged during the tenure in a way that might make him make a few of the mistakes that he made when he called it a highlight league. He's walked some of that back here recently because he had to. When you've signed this much in television contracts, you cannot tell your television partners that it's a highlight league on the Internet. Let's listen to Adam Silver walking some of that back before we get to some other Adam Silver comments. been caught off guard by Pablo Torre's reporting that is so thorough that it has showed that Adam Silver benefited from a soft media for the last few years that he's smarter than usually in the way that we cover some of these things but he's been behind Pablo Torre and Pablo Torre has made some of the things that he has said look bad with new information but let's get some walking back here some backpedaling on Adam Silver calling his league a high
A portion of the question, the end of the question, was about the impact of social media. That's what I was answering on our sport.
How has Adam Silver's approach changed over time?
And what I was saying in a very positive way, and I don't think it takes, I think it's additive to those who watch our games live and increase the likelihood that they'll watch our games live. By saying highlights-based, I meant, you know, when I watch the traditional sports center, you know, and they have the top 10 plays and five of those are NBA plays. I'm like, yeah, I'm not thinking like, oh, damn, like more highlights are being promoted from our league. I mean, I conventionally the reaction that was like, that's really good that that, you know, it's a it's a live game full of highlights. I mean, by definition, highlights aren't necessarily past tense. I mean, like when the NBA games are packed with action and I guess
It was misconstrued, but the point I was trying to make is that there is this community of social media followers, frankly, globally estimated at roughly around 2.5 billion people connect with the NBA in some way.
I think he's full of crap. Like, I think he's full of crap because he says there that, you know, if you remember what the question was, I was answering about social media. I have the question. You want to hear what the question was? This was back after the owners meeting, which is what, like a week and a half, two weeks ago. The actual question was, It's becoming very expensive to watch the NBA as a fan, not just to go to games, but also in order to.
What controversies surround Adam Silver and the NBA?
There's different streaming services you have to subscribe to. Some of the RSNs are expensive. I know there are points of entry for fans to interact with the NBA. There's social media, a lot of younger fans. That is how they're experiencing the sport. But I wonder how much you think about that and how that will shape the next generation of fans. That's a question about cost. Like, he's full of crap.
Not the only time that he's full of crap, because let's go to the original sound that Adam Silver gave us before Pablo Torre's additional reporting that made all of this sound very foolish.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What insights does Tony provide about Adam Silver's leadership?
0:00–2:15
2
How has Adam Silver's approach changed over time?
2:15–3:36
3
What controversies surround Adam Silver and the NBA?
3:36–4:39
4
How does social media influence the NBA's popularity?
4:39–5:40
5
What are the implications of rising costs for NBA fans?
5:40–6:57
6
How does the NBA handle owner controversies?
6:57–7:58
7
What are the current challenges facing the NBA?
7:58–9:00
8
What predictions are made about the future of the NBA?
9:00–34:45
Speakers
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