NBA Commissioner Adam Silver mentioned he’s a powerful proponent of shortening the video games from 48 to 40 minutes.
Silver made the stunning announcement whereas visiting “The Dan Patrick Present” on Wednesday, Jan. 29, in line with Chaz TV.
If Silver obtained his approach, the NBA would then be in alignment with the remainder of the worldwide basketball group, which has 4 10-minute quarters. The WNBA and girls’s school basketball additionally play beneath the 10-minute quarters format.
Even males’s school basketball is 40 minutes, though they play two 20-minute halves separated by an intermission.
“One thing else that I’m a fan of — and I’m in all probability within the minority — as we get extra concerned in international basketball… the NBA is the one league that performs 48 minutes. I’m a fan of 4 10-minute quarters,” he mentioned.
The commissioner mentioned there are a number of advantages to shortening the video games, though he is aware of that he’s within the minority proper now to make such a transfer.
“I’m undecided that many others are. Placing apart what it means for data and issues like that, I feel {that a} two-hour format for a recreation is extra in step with trendy tv habits. Folks in arenas aren’t asking us to shorten video games, however I feel as a tv program, Olympic basketball is 2 hours, school basketball is after all 40 minutes.”
This may very well be a solution to pacify the gamers who’ve been decrying the lengthy, 82-game schedule for years. The league’s homeowners, referred to as group governors, have been very averse to shortening the season which might lower into their income.
And technically, by shortening the sport minutes from 48 to 40, you’d shorten the seasons with out shortening the video games. Silver identified that the proposed discount in recreation time would scale back the NBA season by 656 minutes, the equal of 13.6 NBA video games.
Shorter recreation minutes additionally cut back the probability of accidents that come from enjoying from November to at the very least April, with playoff groups enjoying nicely into June in the event that they make the NBA Finals.