INDIANAPOLIS – In his annual press conference with the media Saturday night at Lucas Oil Stadium during All-Star Weekend,
“In terms of Mark, he’s had an incredible impact on this league,” Silver said. “I have been with the league through his entire tenure of his ownership — from his earliest days in the league. He pushed us hard. He came in as a technologist.
“I think it was almost precisely in 2000, right around — I was saying this on Friday with our Technology Summit — we began those Technology Summits in 2000 in San Francisco.