On Wednesday, Silver went on "The Dan Patrick Show" and was asked about the "wildest" changes he and the league have considered. Silver said that one thing he'd been thinking about was the possibility of dropping from 12-minute quarters to 10-minute quarters.

These were my selections Monday, when I was musing about potential All-Star reserve selections in NBA Rewind: The toughest snubs for me in the East were LaMelo Ball, the unhealthy forwards from the Magic and either Nikola Vučević or Jarrett Allen for a frontcourt spot.

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver proposes shortening games by reducing quarters to enhance global appeal and TV audience engagement.

Adam Silver said on Wednesday that he was open to the idea of 10-minute quarters in the NBA. The idea would put the NBA in line with how long Olympic basketball and FIBA games are, both of which have 10-minute quarters. The topic came up during an appearance on “The Dan Patrick Show” on Wednesday.

Celtics head coach Joe Mazzulla doesn't care how long the games are after Adam Silver's wild suggestion on Wednesday.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver told Dan Patrick on Wednesday that he likes the idea of shortening games to 40 minutes by going from 12-minute quarters to 10.

This past Wednesday, NBA commissioner Adam Silver revealed that he likes the idea of shortening basketball matches to 40 minutes, which would mean each quarter would last 10 minutes, and not 12 as it is tradition. “As we get more involved in global basketball, the NBA is the only league that plays 48 minutes.

“Something else that I’m a fan of, and I’m probably in the minority, as we get more involved in global basketball: The NBA is the only league that plays 48 minutes,” Silver said. “I would be – I am – a fan of four 10-minute quarters. I’m not sure that many others are.

The commissioner said he's looking into the idea of shortening the game. Other coaches got fired up about it. The post Joe Mazzulla doesn’t care about cutting NBA quarters to 10 minutes, but Adam Silver is ‘a fan’ of the idea appeared first on Boston.

NBA commissioner Adam Silver is looking to bring some of the excitement surrounding global basketball and the 2024 Paris Olympics to the NBA.

During a recent appearance on the Dan Patrick show, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said that one rule change he was in favour of was moving NBA games to 40 minutes, in line with FIBA regulations, down from their current 48-minute runtime.