During Adam Silver's tenure as the commissioner of the NBA, the league has taken some inspiration from EuroLeague basketball with the NBA's In-Season Tournament.
The Indiana Pacers are in Paris to take on the San Antonio Spurs and their French-born superstar Victor Wembanyama on Thursday. The Pacers arrived Monday morning and will be there through Saturday's game and don't have another game in the U.S. until Wednesday at home against the Pistons.
Nearly 16,000 fans packed Paris’ Accor Arena on two separate occasions last week to watch the Spurs face Indiana, almost all of them there to root on local hero Victor Wembanyama. One of Wembanyama’s biggest fans flew all the way from New York to catch the spectacle created by the Spurs star’s first NBA games on French soil.
"I’m listening to the critics," the NBA commissioner said ahead of competition committee and general managers meetings next week.
Speaking ahead of the San Antonio Spurs and Indiana Pacers game in Paris, Silver emphasized the opportunity to professionalize European
Ahead of the NBA Paris Game, commissioner Adam Silver hinted at the possibility of league expansion to Europe in the form of its own league.
The NBA is still exploring ways to expand its role in European basketball. Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday that those talks with FIBA and other stakeholders will continue.
Speaking in Paris, Silver said he thought some of the NBA's injury problems were caused by "repetition," and kids should play more sports.
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Commissioner Adam Silver said Thursday. That means there’s no deal — yet. But Silver, speaking before the start of the NBA Paris Games between San Antonio and Indiana, gave no indication that ...
The two coaches voiced their concerns about the idea of shortening NBA games to boost television viewership before the Knicks’ 122-112 win over Denver on Wednesday.
There are steps the league can take to improve the product, but don't mess with the fundamental structure of the NBA game.