The emergence of a play -off team to determine the last two play -off teams at each meeting, and the addition of an NBA cup during the season has fulfilled the desire to increase both players and fans.
However, this week, the latest idea emerged by Mr. Adam Silver to shorten the length of each game to 40 minutes, is a non -starter, even if the league has experienced a 25 % TV evaluation this season. It should be.
Major League baseball went to 7 -inning games for double headers during the shrinking season in 2020, compromising the traditional 9 -inning contests of the standard 9 -inning contest, and before completely eliminating ideas. I maintain the rules.
The silver claim is that the quarter of the 10 minutes will bring NBA products closer to both university games and international FIBA models, reducing the game to a more TV -friendly length. According to ESPN, the average length of the game is about 2 hours, 16 minutes this season. The change from 2:15 in the past 15 seasons has not changed.
