Pablo Torre trolls Adam Silver at Sloan Conference with latest Kawhi Leonard news
Pablo Torre put his latest news about Kawhi Leonard right under Adam Silver's nose, or more accurately, his chair.
Pablo Torre put his latest news about Kawhi Leonard right under Adam Silver's nose, or more accurately, his chair.
There are a whole lot of interesting names among the invitees, to go with ESPN and Fox executives.
"The players made great shots, like they do every year – but, they also gave real effort at both ends. All anyone wants."
Viewership is up 16% heading into the All-Star break, though the discoverability problem hasn't gone away.
"Are we seeing behavior that is worse this year than we've seen in recent memory? Yes..."
"We're about to witness probably the most significant change, certainly in my lifetime, in how sports are presented."
"I wish Adam Silver would find them $5 million for disrespecting the game of basketball."
"Adam Silver has to get a little bit of a David Stern transfusion. He has to. Because Stern would not allow this."
"He doesn't seem interested in actually fixing real problems that everybody can see."
"It felt very, very big at one time and now it’s invisible."
"We can’t lose sight of the fact that the regional networks are important to the fans"
Roughly 15% of local NBA viewership was done via direct-to-consumer streaming last season.
"I had a pit in my stomach. It was very upsetting."
The NFL will again play a triple-header on Christmas Day this winter.
"The question for Adam Silver, to be blunt about this, is do the rules matter?"
"How do we then ensure that we're converting a highlights-based fan, for example, to a live game viewer?"
"There's a huge amount of our content that people can essentially consume for free."
"We would be malpracticing if we didn’t figure out how local regional television is going to work before expanding."
"Adam [Silver] wouldn't go for it, so that's why I sold my team."
"They went away a decade ago."
"Back 20 years ago, we often didn't win the night when the Finals were on. But the absolute rating is lower now."