NBA commissioner Adam Silver said Wednesday that he likes the idea of shortening games to 40 minutes by going from 12 to 10-minute quarters.
"As we get more involved in global basketball, the NBA is the only league that plays 48 minutes. And I would be -- I am -- a fan of four 10-minute quarters," Silver said during an afternoon appearance on The Dan Patrick Show. "I'm not sure that many others are. Putting aside what it means for records and things like that, yeah, I think that a two-hour format for a game is more consistent with modern television habits.