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 10 Years Ago Sports betting is this enormous underground business 400 billion business in the US alone We know it's gonna happen Bring it into the light and regulate it By the way We need money for our infrastructure It's a good place to get it from sports betting

Adam Silver We have to finish up the schedule and where LeBron plays will affect the schedule So I would like him to make his announcement alreadyteams are calling us the networks are calling us and everybody wants to lock in the schedule It will influence how we set the schedule

Adam Silver on the Second Apron It's certainly not an unintended consequence The purpose of this system is ultimately to create competition throughout the league and from that standpoint I think the system is working incredibly well

Adam Silver on the NBA Second Apron's Consequences for Teams It's certainly not an unintended consequence the purpose of the system is ultimately to create competition throughout the league And from that standpoint I think the system's working incredibly well

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

Adam Silver on schedule and LeBron