NEW YORK — Whenever the NBA introduces a new wrinkle to its traditions or floats a radical business idea, Michael Malone never neglects to credit the league for thinking proactively.
Then he gets to his personal opinion on the matter.
It’s often a healthy skepticism.
“I hope we don’t go to 10-minute quarters,” the 10th-year Nuggets coach said this week in response to commissioner Adam Silver’s endorsement of a reduced game. “I hope we don’t put in a 4-point line. I hope we don’t become Barnum & Bailey, where we’re just doing whatever you have to do to keep viewership.