NBA Commissioner Adam Silver If we were going into a Super Bowl and it was Packers vs Steelers you guys would celebrate that People wouldn't talk about Pittsburgh being a small market It's been intentional to create a CBA that allows more teams to compete

Bill Simmons questions whether Adam Silver is right person to lead NBA

Bill Simmons on Adam Silver This is the most important decision of his career

John Skipper The most popular league in the world does not care about balance English Premiere League The NBA has to pretend because they have to make all these owners happy But I don't know if it's better for business The business would be better if the the favorite teams won every year

Adam Silver Its not what the fans want although my caveat is and teams are in a difficult place because many of you have written the worst place to be is a middle of the road team and either be great or be bad because that will help you with the draft

Adam Silver on new ASG format The players have embraced it I think the guys get it It's helpful just to mix things up once in a while I do get a kick that some of the players that haven't taken it as seriously in the past are saying I really love the east vs west format I was like alright

Adam Silver We have a very young audience and people we're predicting that ratings would go down because our audience wouldn't find the games since they were no longer on cable It's been the exact opposite Our fans are finding those games in record numbers