Adam Silver Reports have come out that the summer was boring from a fan standpoint I don't certainly think it was we still saw a lot of critically important players moving from one team to another I want to put 30 teams in position to better compete I think we're on our way to doing that

Adam Silver We've been addressing load management over the last several seasons Were down 30 this season in terms of single game absences by star players Its not even clear that load management works We have more injuries at the beginning and after All-Star break than late in the season

Adam Silver on flopping We're going to look in the offseason We have a 2 day competition committee meeting in Vegas around the summer league will watch 1000 plays literally over 2 days and see if we should set that line in a different place but I think we have made a lot of progress there

Adam Silver In terms of tanking theres no question that what we saw this season was unprecedented Fans in particular cities and even media were rooting for their teams to tank We had to respond not just to the narrative but to misalignment of incentives once it was an accepted practice

Adam Silver on the President He was a fixture at Madison Square Gardenhe had court-side seats here all the time He was at drafts He's a genuine Knicks fan We should be using sports to create more of a sense of community not less

Adam Silver on Wemby He's a huge personality I've enjoyed getting to know him Players come along every once in a while having this incredible skill love the promotional side of it and want to play that role for the league His highlights were blowing up the Internet before coming into the NBA

Stephen A Smith You and I were both talking to commissioner Adam Silver before the game and he's highlighting like Look we know how this goes But damn it that happens every NBA Finals