“Everything’s about winning a championship,” NBA Commissioner Adam Silver claims the desire to win championships is to blame for the load management hurdle
Adam Silver claims that players' and teams' ambition to win the NBA title is the primary reason for load management.
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Load management by NBA players has become a much-debated topic for fans and NBA pundits. Some have backed it because it keeps players fresh for postseason games. Analysts, on the other hand, believe that it robs fans of the opportunity to watch their favourite player play the game. NBA commissioner Adam Silver recently expressed his thoughts on the load management that has grown common among NBA athletes. He stated that such a culture has developed in the league to win championships.
Silver said that as long as finding a solution comes into question, there is no perfect answer. He also stated that, in addition to players, teams must be held accountable for load management. “I don’t want to suggest there’s a magic bullet here,” Silver said. “I don’t think it’s just about incentivizing players to play more, that the teams are as much a part of the load management as the players are, because again, I think there’s been a societal shift,” he opined.
Touching on the topic that has become extra sensitive in the league, the commissioner said, “Everything’s about winning a championship these days and it’s less, I think in all sports, about how you perform day in and day out. And so it’s a cultural issue as well.”
Last year, he remarked that, while he is not aiming to shorten the NBA season, it is a discussion that should take place to give the fans their best.
Adam Silver addresses questions about bad calls by referees
Despite admitting that bad foul calls are nothing new in the league, the league commissioner stated that such mistakes impact referees’ overall assignments. Yet, they are not made public, according to Silver. “We don’t publicize discipline for officials. We don’t think that will be appropriate,” he said Friday in an interview with ESPN’s Sage Steele on SportsCenter. “There is a system for overseeing and making those judgements about officials. But more to your earlier point about getting the calls right, that’s again not a new issue,” Silver added.
In the past few weeks, the bad calls by the officials have come under immense scrutiny. The Los Angeles Lakers and LeBron James recently slammed the league for their carelessness regarding the last-minute close call. They were allegedly robbed of three chances to win close games. After a terrible no-foul call against the Boston Celtics, the NBA’s referee union issued an open apology.
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