NBA commissioner Adam Silver has come out with a brand new growth after saying that he likes the thought of shortening video games to 40 minutes by having 10 minute quarters as a substitute of 12.
“As we get extra concerned in international basketball, the NBA is the one league that performs 48 minutes. And I might be — I’m — a fan of 4 10-minute quarters,” Silver stated on The Dan Patrick Present. “I’m undecided that many others are. Placing apart what it means for data and issues like that, yeah, I believe {that a} two-hour format for a recreation is extra in keeping with fashionable tv habits.”
Silver added, “I consider a tv program being two hours, Olympic basketball being two hours. And faculty basketball, in fact, is 40 minutes.”
NBA video games have gone for a mean of 2hr 16 minutes – the identical as they’ve the final 15 seasons (2:15, based on information from ESPN Analysis).
Silver additionally shared that different new modifications had been talked about, equivalent to awarding two free throws to shooters who’re fouled on 3-point makes an attempt.
There would definitely be positives to shortening the video games, like stars probably taking part in extra minutes and followers being extra engaged, but it surely additionally imply that single-game and single-season data can be extraordinarily troublesome to interrupt.
Nuggets championship coach Michael Malone was requested about potential modifications the league would possibly implement sooner or later and he’s not a fan.
“I give the league credit score, as a result of they’re all the time looking for methods to maintain the followers engaged,” Malone stated. “However I hope we don’t go to 10-minute quarters. I hope we don’t put in a 4-point line. I hope we don’t change into Barnum & Bailey, or do no matter we’ve got to do to maintain viewership. As a result of there’s a greatness and a historical past to this recreation, and a purity to this recreation that I hope we will discover a option to keep true to.”
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