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Won’t ever happen. Too many trash thugs and trash chick analysts cover the sport now.

So then fire Reggie Miller

Make it a sport again. Start there.

Well first step is make a fucking smart TV app like the NFL and literally everyone else with a streaming service has.

We all know he’s specifically talking about Reggie miller here

“Oh no he didn’t!”

Finally JJ Reddick doing the interview is hilarious…he doesn’t do analysis either, just berates Jefferson all day

NBA Redzone. Let’s go! No free throws, no ref reviews, just all action.

Dear god….

Stop giving all your news to 2 guys then.

Fix the garbage officiating first

And I want to be 6 inches taller. Is wishing time over?

The nba’s regular season product is garbage and unless they reduce the amount of games it’s not going to improve. Silver will never do that though. So I guess we’ll stick with wishing time

Then stop with steering certain storylines through your questionable referees

JJ Reddick is on the forefront of this. I haven't caught much of his color commentary but I know from what I've seen he is detailed in going over the complexities for the game

He is systematically fing up the nba, the stupid tournament, the all mouth game, it’s inevitable that the game will be cheapened. False parity will weaken the game.

I want more analysis, less ad time, and shortening of the ends of games. The last 2 minutes shouldn't be as long as a quarter is.

I agree with what he's saying but he's far from the entire problem with NBA broadcasts

Put out a fun product then.

So you're telling me "he got that dawg in him" isn't real commentary?

Scheme and play calling matter much more in football than BB. One is a team sport and the other is a bunch of individuals on a team. Idk what he's looking for here.

I feel like this started in the Jordan era where instead of giving credit to the system from Phil Jackson, high Iq play by the pippen and crew, instead they just focused on Jordan and bothered him with off court drama.

Sure.

But good luck trying to figure out the timing when to cover amazing plays, how much time has elapsed since then, the need for commercials and more.

NFL has discrete 1st - 4th downs. Time outs. Reviews. A significant amount of valuable "dead air" that can be filled as needed.

We’ll just get Taylor Swift to fake date a player

There are way too many games for the NBA to ever feel as prestige as a game day of football (epl, la liga) or NFL

I have no issues with educating fans on the x and o but don’t take away the drama talk. Lots of fans love the drama , trade speculations and hot takes.

Any media that includes Kendrick Perkins will never be legitimate

NBA coverage is infantile. I would support this

I keep wondering why people like Stephen A. make a shitload of money. He’s loud and nothing more. Brings no insight, seems to have no knowledge of the game’s tactical side. Yet he’s like the highest paid ”analyst” there is. It’s a joke man.

"nba player attacks wife"

Ja and the charlotte hornets doing everything possible to make Adam silvers dream come true lol

Put out a better product.

“Incredibly sophisticated offenses and defenses”. James Harden and Russell Westbrook sharing the same backcourt. Pick one.

Silver W

You mean espn reporting on lebrons latest tweets isn’t helping people recognize Jokic’s greatness? You don’t say….

Adam, you got 5 guys playing. Half the game is one on one clearouts. 24 second clock effectively speeds the game up with little time for anything else but quick hitters. WTF is there to analyze. I got 50 yrs in the game and also played football. Hoops aint that complicated , get the tallest guys who can shoot or defend. The complicated part is how your executives blow draft picks year after year after year. Then hire their family over and over again. Call yourself Nepotism Basketball Association. 🏀

He’s absolutely right!! Most people don’t understand what the players are actually doing on the court and why. It would really quell a lot of arguments when people understand that there are systems players follow.

So … more Taylor Swift? Got it.

Might be a little easier if there werent almost 5x as many games

Taylor Swift needs to date Wemby.

Oh like actual analysis, rather than 4 idiots yelling at each other for an hour?

Maybe media companies should start employing a bunch of retired athletes then. All they do is get on there and spew hot takes while acting like they know more than everyone else because they played. Rarely do I ever see a former player offering actual insight.

On one hand, he’s right but basketball is also just never going to be analyzed like football. So much of the game is played on the fly, instinctual and free flowing. Football has a play caller and a set play every single down. Basketball is just different and that’s okay.

Honestly, as a guy who barely played the game as a kid, understands rules, and just started being an active watcher, I’d appreciate some info. I have no idea what happens sometimes and I’m just waiting for someone to say what happened.

Nba analysis is garbo You really have to dig for deeper analysis vids

How about letting me watch other games live with nba league pass?

Give me an nfl redzone like show. Tonight is a perfect example of why we need it.

Keep Taylor Swift far away from the NBA

I think the unfixable problem for the NBA is that there’s not like 5 TV channels anymore so very few people really sit down and watch all 82 games. It sounds good in theory but I’m not gonna start tuning into the NBA more because the announcers are slightly better. They’re basically suffering from the same problem that all of TV has been going through, which the NFL is only immune to because there are so few games so each one is much higher stakes and they all feel like a major event. Even baseball with 162 games feels like a better product because you can barely pay attention and put it on in the background and still basically follow what’s going on. Add all of that to the fact that you basically have 0 chance in the playoffs without a Curry/Lebron/Jokic level player and it’s hard for me to invest too much in the knicks despite being a competitive team knowing from game 1 that a second round exit is their ceiling

Adam silver hates Miami heat confirmed.

In terms of shallow color commentary, I think part of the problem is just pace of play. In the NFL, there is ample time to stop and explain in depth what happened on the previous play, which you just don’t have in basketball (or if you do, that time is given to commercials). It’s similar for soccer as well, I watch a good bit live, but the only way I learn the intricate tactics is by watching youtube videos after the games end.

NFL has fewer games and it’s easier to keep track of everyone. I love the NBA but I don’t watch until the end of the season because who cares.

I would welcome more analysis of what is happening on the court but please don’t give us NFL style macho militaristic bullshit. NFL announcers sound incredibly lame and corny to non-American viewers.

The NFL is covered by a ton of ex players and coaches. Basketball is covered by a bunch of people who can’t even dribble with their other hand.