Even if Adam Silver Repeat that hearings are not a problem as important as what we have said for the NBA, the “commissioning” still seeks tracks to keep the attention of spectators, and especially viewers, in a market for entertainment More and more competitive …
Are NBA matches too long for the new generation of fans? This is perhaps one of the conclusions of the big league when the total duration of a match is risen this season at 2 hours and 16 minutes, which is ultimately in line with the last fifteen years (2 hours and 15 minutes).
But, in the future, the boss of the League suggests that he could squarely … reduce the duration of the quarter-time!
“There is another thing I am a fan, but I am probably in the minority, when we get involved in basketball in a global way. The NBA is the only league to play for 48 minutes (4 × 12) and I love the ten-minute quarters ” he explains firstby recalling that in Europe, in NCAA or even during international competitions, the meetings take place over 40 minutes (4 × 10). “I'm not sure that others are so fans. If we put aside what it involves for records for example, I think that a two -hour format for a match is more in agreement with modern television habits ”.
As if we removed 15 regular season games
Adam Silver thus assures that everyone loved the semi-finals and the final of the last Olympic Games, and he also believes that it would be a good way to fight against “load management” because by reducing the duration of the matches of eight eight minutes, “It's as if we removed 15 games from the regular season”he calculates.
Of course, the “commissioning” knows that his proposal will make you scream, and he admits that it may take time for it to be accepted. It did not fail, many observers believing that if the NBA wanted to reduce the total duration of its meetings, it did not necessarily need to touch the effective duration. It is already enough to eliminate TV time or the endless “replays” which sausage the matches …
“I am on the traditional side, and I would hate that it happens” reacted Tom Thibodeau, explaining that he would therefore become almost impossible to beat the various established records.
“I recognize the league the merit of trying to find ways to maintain the interest of supporters”reacted Mike Malone. “But I hope we will not go to 10-minute quarter-time. I hope we will not set up a 4-point line. I hope that we will not become Barnum & Bailey (a famous circus), or that we will not do anything to keep the audience. Because there is a greatness, a story and a purity in this game and I hope that we will find a way to remain faithful there. »»
