A decade before Adam Silver became commissioner of the NBA in 2014, he was the president and COO of NBA entertainment. Under his watch, the league’s digital footprint and television reach expanded exponentially.
Now faced with a complex web of decisions, with lives possibly at stake and millions of dollars to potentially be recovered should the NBA season return, Silver has to ask himself one fundamental question: How much risk can the league tolerate in its attempt to resume the 2019-’20 season?
A traditional 16-team playoff format, divided into two conferences represents the path of least resistance.