Adam Silver I get it particularly for a media standpoint we'd like to create more excitement for all of you in the offseason in terms of a hot free agent market That's not my highest prioritythe most important thing is the competition on the floor

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

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

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

Adam Silver on tanking Are we seeing behavior that is worse this year than we've seen in recent memory Yes is my view

Adam Silver previews POV Mode at the 2026 NBA All-Star Technology Summit via NBA