NBA Commissioner Adam Silver joins Dan Patrick on The Dan Patrick Show to discuss the state of the league as the NBA Finals are in full swing. He talks about the changing landscape of NBA television coverage and Michael Jordan’s role in the broadcasts. He explains that the change in All-Star Game format is a direct result of expectations from fans. And he wishes NBA “small-market teams” like the Pacers and Thunder were considered “storied franchises” like the Steelers and Packers in the NFL.
Adam Silver: “I was listening to Aaron Rodgers yesterday and he was talking about now becoming a Steeler and he was saying, ‘Now I’ve played for two of the most storied franchises, the Packers and the Steelers,’ but nobody stopped him to say, ‘Ah, those are small markets.’ And so maybe I’m jealous, in a way, of the NFL that that’s never, you know, Steelers and Packers, the storyline; it’s unimaginable it would be, ‘Can you believe two small markets are meeting in the Super Bowl this year?’ It’s two ‘storied franchises.’”