NBA's Silver Holds Wide-Ranging Press Conference

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver yesterday at All-Star Weekend "kept his focus on the game but hinted at some changes to the business during his first news conference" in his new role. Silver "touched on a number of topics during his remarks that ran about 40 minutes," ranging from "the look of the draft to the look of the uniforms." Silver: "This is a fabulous league that has its best years still ahead of it" (AP, 2/16).

Silver opened by "tracing his personal history with the game." He said, "I grew up in the New York area. I think I’m not allowed to say that I was once a Knick fan, but I was. I’m not allowed to be anymore. And I promise I’m a fan of all teams. But when I was a kid, I attended a lot of Knick games with my father, and basketball always had a special meaning to me to when I followed pro basketball, especially through my high school years, then I went on to Duke University" (SI.com, 2/15).