Adam Silver open to changes

[Denver Native (Carol)]

BOSTON -- Adam Silver, while working for the NBA before becoming the league's commissioner, floated the idea of adding play-in games for the postseason and got some support from owners.

Now as commissioner, Silver remains "fascinated" with the idea of a tournament to determine the final playoff spots.

"By having a seven-game series, you reduce the randomness of the outcome," Silver said. "I think what's so exciting about college basketball -- and I'm a huge college basketball fan -- is the single-elimination tournament, the NCAA tournament. There, statistically, you're gonna have a lot more upsets. So, I think for us, well, I have mixed views.

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[MOtorboat]

Say wut?

[BroncoWave]

Say wut?

I'm sure you've read when Bill Simmons has mentioned his idea of the "entertaining as hell" tournament. This seems to be a similar idea.

[Dapper Dan]

So is it a tournament or only some play-in games?



On the topic of Silver and NBA changes, I wonder if he will be able to change the run of when a player can join the NBA. Should they be a certain age? Should they have a certain amount of NCAA years? Should they have the option between going straight to the NBA and going to the NCAA (with 2 years minimum)? There seems to be a lot of talk about it. Still, the NBA players union doesn't seem to be open to much.