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

Charania NBA stakeholders are aware there is no perfect solution to tanking but the three anti-tanking proposals are attempting to mitigate it as much as possible Owners will speak with their respective GMs and executives weighing potential ramifications and unintended consequences

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

Charles Barkley It is so difficult for fans to find the NBA games now I think we've done a disservice to the fans and to the game The fans are the backbone and we want to support these networks

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 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