Adam Silver: It sounds like we're going to have a televised draft next year
Silver: I can't tell you how appreciative I am of the players
Adam Silver loved the new NBA All-Star Game format and said that next year the draft will be televised.
Per ESPN, "I thought it was incredible. I can't tell you how appreciative I am of the players," Silver told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne following a 148-145 win for Team LeBron over Team Stephen at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
"When we sat with the union and we came up with this format, we all agreed, let's not turn something that's 100 percent positive into a potential negative to any player," Silver said. "But then ... maybe we're overly conservative because then we came out of there, and the players were, 'We can take it. We're All-Stars. Let's have a draft.' So it sounds like we're going to have a televised draft next year."
Per ESPN, "I thought it was incredible. I can't tell you how appreciative I am of the players," Silver told ESPN's Ramona Shelburne following a 148-145 win for Team LeBron over Team Stephen at Staples Center in Los Angeles.
"When we sat with the union and we came up with this format, we all agreed, let's not turn something that's 100 percent positive into a potential negative to any player," Silver said. "But then ... maybe we're overly conservative because then we came out of there, and the players were, 'We can take it. We're All-Stars. Let's have a draft.' So it sounds like we're going to have a televised draft next year."
E. Carchia
@Sportando
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