Throughout an interview with Dan Patrick, NBA commissioner Adam Silver asserted he has curiosity in experimenting with 4 10-minute quarters as a substitute of its 12-minute format. The NBA is the one basketball competitors with an extended recreation time.
“One thing else that I am a fan of and I am in all probability within the minority is… as we get extra concerned in international basketball, the NBA is the one league that performs 48 minutes.” mentioned Silver. “I’m a fan of 4 ten-minute quarters. I am undecided that many others are. Placing apart what it means for information and issues like that, I feel {that a} two-hour format for a recreation is extra per kind of trendy tv habits. Individuals within the area will not be asking us to shorten the video games, however I feel as a tv program…”
The MLB shortened the common recreation period by instituting a pitch clock and it has been lauded by critics. Nonetheless, the MLB decreased the quantity of down time throughout the recreation and did not cut back the quantity of innings or outs in a recreation. The NBA may cut back recreation period with some mixture of expediting or eliminating replay critiques, decreasing timeouts, and the period of time spent on free throws.