Just over half of the NBA season has passed, and Commissioner Adam Silver’s search for ways to improve the league appear in full swing.
This week, Silver floated a drastic rule change for the length of quarters during NBA games.
NBA plays 12-minute quarters. If the NBA were to adopt a silver proposal, these periods would be reduced by two minutes. Ten minutes of quarters took eight minutes from the game trip.
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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver speaks at a press conference before a game between Los Angeles Lakers and Indiana Pacers in T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, December 9, 2023. (Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)
Silver noted that the reduction could create a more “consistent” presentation for basketball fans watching games on TV.
“I’m a fan of four, 10 minutes of quarters,” Silver told “The Dan Patrick Show,” when asked about the more drastic ideas that the NBA has considered.
“I’m not sure many others … put aside what it means for items and similar things. I think a two-hour format for a game is more consistent with modern TV habits. People In arenas is not to ask us to shorten the game, but … as a TV program, Olympic basketball is two hours.
At one point, Silver quoted the length of games played in other leagues all over the world.
“NBA is the only (basketball) league playing 48 minutes
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During summer -ol, basketball games last 40 minutes. College Basketball Games in the United States are divided into 20-minute halves.
“Because this game is so global, one of the things we would like to see over time is creating a more consistent set of rules globally around the game,” Silver said.
A basketball next to an NBA logo during a break in the first half of a game in Las Vegas. (Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
Silver noted that shaving two minutes from quarters could reduce wear on players over an 82 -game season, while potentially helping the league fight its “Load Management” problem.
“Incidentally, if you went to a 40-minute game-with the problems of strain control and rest-ville it be equivalent to … taking 15 games from the season,” Silver said.
Silver made it clear that the ideas he mentioned during the exchange with Patrick had simply been discussed, but they are nowhere near being adopted.
“It’s not quite at this level,” he said.
The NBA logo on a back plate before a game between Houston Rockets and Miami Heat at the Toyota Center in Houston April 5, 2024. (Troy Taormina/USA Today Sports)
Silver also praised Major League Baseball for adding a pitchur. He argued that the change helped “speed up the game” while also holding traditional aspects of the game in place.
“I’m a baseball fan and I think some of these changes have really increased some kind of commitment … The entertainment value of the game, and that’s why I’m very aware of it,” Silver said.
“And in fact, I’ve used the pitchuret … at meetings at NBA to say … We shouldn’t be afraid to look at changes.”
