Commissioner Adam Silver Joins Us Ahead Of NBA All Star Weekend In Indianapolis | Pat McAfee Show

[@joemckim1183]

This is one of the best and most insightful interviews about sports in general that I've heard in a long time.

[@jtfike]

Most insightful on their lack of security as well. Lol😂

[@corey9313]

Yepppp we need an Adam Silver for the NFL. He pointed out some huge strengths of the NFL but it’s all the players honestly. The NFL needs some Adam Silver youth and vision

[@a.j.ahearn6196]

This is the longest I’ve heard Silver speak. Hearing his brain work makes me a big fan of his. 👏

[@vondoromal7016]

Yes sir! a very smart and conciencious person!

[@chykomoney1085]

Adam really was like "Yall not strapped up enough for my liking"

[@baileyloving7606]

When Pat needs to be a journalist he's electric, when he needs to be a stooge he's exceptional. I have heard 50 interviews from Adam Silver he's clearly brilliant but this is the best I've ever heard from him. Pat deserves all the credit in the world for extracting this incredibly inciteful interview.

[@harvestquest317]

love the super high level conversations he gives Pat. if he did more of this it would only help the NBA. dude completely changed the public image of the league and made it international must watch tv every night of the week.

[@pierrevalentino5250]

Adam Silver looks like one of those things from I Am Legend... helluva commissioner though, the best out of every league.

[@scoobydoobielll5632]

Show some respect, that “thing” was Will Smith

[@LP2Check]

If that’s the best commissioner in sports I’d sure love to know how- he’s been a joke

[@frostysnowman6173]

David stern is the best cpmmisoner ever. This guy has just carried on what stern did

[@simoncohen9323]

Silver is a decent commissioner but best in all the leagues no the NFL has grown tremendously with goodell higher then ever and higher then any league during that time

[@q-j-p]

@@simoncohen9323 Goodall sold his soul for the top dollar. Silver trying to initiate skill but the league lacks physicality due to the trade off (can respect it, shooting like Curry is thriving). Manfred is a dugout doofus. Hockey is hockey speaks for itself

[@Leo.Dunson]

He right people don’t even agree to the set of rules of life but they do more consistently agree to the rules of sports

[@TH3sC0p3zz]

That had me like damn why have I never seen it that way 😂😂

[@Wayne_L888]

Wow. Adam Silver is very very impressive. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

[@cblang8115]

Adam giving them aaron flashbacks had me dying 😭

[@michaelperrottelli3656]

Great interview

[@SH33SHMAN]

"Im moving on from that" Lmaoo Adam is funny man

[@fredericksumner3499]

Shoutout Pmac I love how his interviews outside the box always good when the guest wants to talk wiling and answer questions

[@zach6395]

Put a team back in Seattle already

[@franciscorosario2669]

Pleeease!

[@GREATLORDWHITE]

just be a blazers fan

[@web7317]

They will. They’ll add Vegas and Seattle in next few years.

[@simoncohen9323]

​@@web7317na one of those will have to wait there will be one west and east team not two west

[@sting114]

Las Vegas and Anaheim please .

[@envoydroid4027]

"you look amazing" Adam : "🥚" I'm already laughing 😂

[@khalled2419]

Adam silver is such a great commissioner and communicator. He doesn’t act like a politician like Goodell

[@lilhyena7534]

😂😂

[@bub6010]

How much did Adam pay you to say this ?

[@tpsam]

​@@bub6010silver is literally the most politician like commissioner Granted he might be a genuine fan of the sport but so is Obama Literally no commissioner in sports is the most similar to Obama than silver

[@khalled2419]

lol clearly some of yall disagree but in what way? He just seemed normal here and could talk at length about any aspect of the game. He’s also made great decisions for the league. I meant that Goodell acts like a politician in that he doesn’t ever come across as down to earth, but rather as distant from the fans and out of touch.

[@TheAquaPapi]

This is my favorite science show !

[@jaken0613]

Seattle needs a team.

[@druwest6641]

Adam seems like a genuinely good guy and excellent commissioner which doesn’t seem to be common with major sports commissioners.

[@fearlv1rattata]

Kuddos to the NBA commissioner for coming IN STUDIO. Rodger has been dodging this show for too long.

[@3akoscielski]

Maybe the Pro Bowl needs to be in the same location as the SuperBowl? Everyone in the same location for 2 weeks

[@cblang8115]

REMOVE THE BLACKOUT ZONES ADAM I WANT TO WATCH HORNETS GAMES BUT I PHYSICALLY CANT EVEN THOUGH I HAVE LEAGUEPASS

[@BallingHighlights]

I never thought I’d find another proud hornets fan🥲

[@draconicdust3435]

pirate them bruh or use a vpn

[@alvatrous]

sounds like it's a pirates life for you

[@kentuckyclay7858]

Me and my bro had to get ballysports app to watch pacers game bc of the same problem smh

[@cblang8115]

@@draconicdust3435 but like… i literally pay for league pass and youtube tv why do i have to do that 😔

[@gcanas21]

I watch from Costa Rica! love the show and all the boys LFG

[@Wayne_L888]

Have you guys considered doing a live audience day in the Thunderdome? 3rd Friday or every other Friday, etc, etc… like 20-25 guests… Maybe the basketball shots you take are for those tickets?

[@revan5293]

The fact that the Thunderdome is it a nice suburban area is really funny to me😂

[@jasonwucn]

WE NEED MORE LIKE THIS!!!

[@fadedintegra9781]

I never thought going into watching this I'd leave a big Adam Silver fan but color me pleasantly surprised.

[@mattdeuel6702]

Killer interview! Nice job.

[@ClubberLang113]

Honestly Pat could interview pretty much anyone and be the same dude cheers

[@KMT15]

I had no idea this was filmed near Geist. This is literally 5 min from my house

[@BamaShanks]

The title is cut off on my phone. I thought they were doing the all star weekend in India.

[@NotaThing13]

I find the injury conversation fascinating. Pat was quick to push back and suggest there would be data showing the opposite when Silver mentioned that there is no data showing that resting prevents injuries. I want the NBA scientist/doctor data published. There are less off season workouts and more rest and less padded practices and MORE Achilles injuries. Robert Horry was on Julian Edelman's show talking about this and said people don't practice hard enough in the NBA. Julian endorsed practicing hard and said he would practice in the off season teetering on the edge of injuring his body and he felt it hardened him against injuries more than resting would have. It's a fact that certain exercises will strengthen tendons and bones.

[@kdot9613]

on the flip side the ball family swearssssss by growing up doing hills but all 3 of the sons have continued leg problems, who knows what the right thing to do is, just bron and brady lol

[@NotaThing13]

@@kdot9613 well you’re talking about growing up exercising and Julian was talking about between games and seasons. So if they run hills between games I might think that’s a credible anecdote. They’re both one offs anyway and luck certainly plays a role. I wasn’t trying to take Silver’s claim as truth as much as I wanted to see the evidence he claimed to have. The whole thing about running hills growing up doesn’t really apply to rest not preventing injuries.

[@eduardkarpoev2109]

Seattle needs a team 🙏🙏

[@ZeroMajor01]

Adam is do much likeable then roger and gary.

[@bigtonytiger]

NBA League Pass is the worst and buggiest subscription: all of Reddit agrees. Please fix it Adam!

[@calebbatchelor7798]

i use it everyday, don’t really run into any issues. what issues are you running into? i think it also performs better than the NFL app

[@nelsongerman6736]

Bally Sports is even worse trying to watch my local market team

[@gsleevy]

Hopefully when Vegas gets a team Seattle will get one too

[@DylanJames107]

“The Bounce Around king”

[@BigBoyJay_69]

Should have asked about their Chinese overlords

[@XMON888]

Ask your local politician that

[@SaulFavela-ld8kt]

All star weekend should have 1v1 tournament, first to 5 or something

[@heyb6268]

Silver made a good point about most people watching on cable and satellite. Do yourself a favor and go buy an antenna. I watch local NFL free that way and much more. Just a one time $20ish purchase

[@jtfike]

Vegas is cleaning up! Even removing dead bodies from lake Meade. Those were the people who opposed competitive sports…

[@binks7831]

They're setting us up to overpay for this too.

[@Im__Andy-f6x]

adam definitely the best commissioner of the major leagues currently

[@simoncohen9323]

Na

[@tpsam]

​@@simoncohen9323NBA fans aren't the brightest bunch Literally ratings are at all time low

[@mattcarberry368]

hahaha based on what NBA players have never been softer, NBA refs have never been more egotistical, the NBA regular season is basically a waste of time, NBA ratings have never been lower, the NBA In-Season Tournament was one of the lamest gimmicks i've ever seen and it was only made out of a desperate attempt to try and make people care about their absolutely meaningless regular season where star players don't even feel compelled to show up and play every night because they love their "rest" and free nights off no good rivalries, nobody plays defense, nobody shows effort (because that would just mean they need more "rest"), it's just a bunch of watered down high scoring stats because all players today wanna do is jack up 3's and not play defense the NBA is a sad product these days and all these issues have been allowed to become prevalent under Silver's direction

[@kathygreca]

Sharp guy, physically and mentally. I always thought you were supposed to be sharp still in your early 60s but time (and life choices) ages all differently I learn.

[@mikefelix6338]

Changing your cable provider used to be a major hassle indeed. It still sucks having to change streaming services depending on the sports season, but at least it’s easier now to “churn” as they call it lol Silver just big brains on everyone in the room. Guy must be a lawyer or something 😂

[@joshlaure9783]

He is a lawyer

[@Skyrimdude1PSN]

leads NBA in down turning spiral, gets extension💀

[@talefing]

Adam needs to implement a new discipline system for emotional refs affecting games like ejecting the team's best players in the 1st half. Devin Booker got booted in the first quarter for literally doing nothing😂

[@mattcarberry368]

NBA refs are insanely soft, by far the worst out of every major sport....... if NHL ref ejected a player for yelling or something, he'd be fired lol the way the NBA allows their refs to conduct themselves is pathetic

[@vondoromal7016]

Pat's transition between media rights, contracts and opprortunities with the 65 games minimum for awards and future money should have been smoother. Adam was about ready to drop NBA strategy till Pat had to abruptly stopped it.

[@qbert5806]

I'm sure the NBA is paying Silver a lot of money but it certainly seems like he's earning it.

[@takumifujiwara8356]

you should have asked why he let Doc Rivers coach the all star team.

[@smithrn24]

Seattle and Las Vegas would be a great expansion.

[@michaelhogg324]

Seattle NEEDS a team back in the NBA but who would be the 32nd Team?

[@smithrn24]

Las Vegas@@michaelhogg324

[@sashakelemen9129]

Seattle over Vegas. NBA needs the Sonics back.

[@Joe-ic3oe]

Why is there no team in Saint Louis broooo

[@CoolHandLuke196]

the best solution long term for the nba, especially for the load management problem, is to cut the regular season in half to 40 games and make divisions more important

[@M_A_R_K_23]

Too much money in keeping longer season plus record Ms and contracts would be all different

[@CoolHandLuke196]

@@M_A_R_K_23 considering the NFL doubles the total revenue compared to the NBA, I think the money would be alright

[@aja3longhorn375]

braindead comment. 40 games is ridiculously low for a sport that is not nearly as physically taxing as football. 72? maybe. 40 is insane.

[@christiancantu3413]

@@CoolHandLuke196 It’s not as simple as “if the NBA does what the NFL does, then the NBA will get similar results” Average NBA arena holds just under 19,000 seats while most NFL stadiums have 60,000-70,000 seats. If the NBA switched to 40 games, they would have to increase ticket prices and TV rights prices so drastically to make the same revenue that most fans wouldn’t pay for tickets.

[@CoolHandLuke196]

@@christiancantu3413 ok? and they would still sell out. and if there's less games, more people will watch live, so I don't see an issue with getting a higher television/streaming contact

[@ScootsFromNewCastle]

The NBA commissioner has been on the show twice and we can’t get Roger to come on the biggest NFL show out there not once 🤦‍♂️

[@geoff3103]

Get Bettman next!

[@VulgarTrex88]

Pmac casually hosting the commissioner of the NBA on his show, NBD by the way

[@wolfwang8464]

Pat no team in the league has $50 ticket. Cheap seats are $80-100 average.

[@aprilp660]

Wizards have sub 25 Tix lol

[@DerrickDX]

Spurs do😂😂 Cheaper actually!!

[@edgartellez7445]

Yea im in denver and some games 30 dollars nose bleeds but still you watch the champs

[@kentuckyclay7858]

You clearly don’t go to games. I got tickets for celts pacer in szn tourney for $27 a pop 😂

[@eternalgamers10]

Depends on the match up. Boston I could get a ticket for dumb cheap if they're facing the Wizards or some bottom tier team at home.

[@ds350]

Maybe get him a water?

[@peauntbutterxboy93]

Wdym? He can ask?

[@MaticatsBinance]

Patty Mac is the One.

[@WealthyLove1]

I see you pat 🔥

[@Skyrimdude1PSN]

5:30 "We HaVe A WnBa teaM"😂

[@KrombobulousMitchell]

Commish in the building!

[@neilgunns8391]

His nickname should be Skelator.

[@q-j-p]

Master of the NBA universe for now lol

[@JeffreyTheTaylor]

So glad Pat mentioned Howard Stern's move to satellite radio during the media rights talk. For a long time I've thought Pat and crew are the closest thing to Stern and his Wack Pack heyday, before he got weird and unfunny. Stern broke ALL the supposed media rules and was polarizing to some market segments, just like Pat. Yet, like Pat, Howard had a knack for letting interviews flow into interesting, unconventional territory, not just the same soundbites over and over again. Speaking of which, we gotta get Pat on Hot Ones, that would a collab for the ages.

[@JWRame]

Tell me he doesnt look like Mr Freeze from batman

[@cmcq33]

His ethnic ambiguity is making my lizard brain short circuit.

[@MaddoggKillum]

i think adam silver may be an alien

[@mattcarberry368]

did he say the guy across the street was named "Smulder"?? are we sure that's his real name because i think he might just be an X Files fan who mashed Scully and Mulder together for his alias

[@rmoore2nd619]

Sounded like Smothers

[@jameswood3469]

Get ready to learn Chinese, buddy...

[@lilhyena7534]

China baaaad 😭😭😭

[@micahjones240]

How you gunna have Adam Silver on and not ask him about refs??? that's like the #1 thing they loose viewers for - the refs are clearly pulling for some teams over others which is wrong - the complaints about the refs are higher than ever around the league

[@JT-fv6ih]

Difference through the pro bowl and All star is pro bowl is after the season All-Star is half way through the season. NFL players gone from the game and wanna be with family and chill

[@ETMISHT]

Vegas will wreck ya. I can tell yearly numbers

[@markevans5648]

Adam Silver is going to lose the NBA fan base with his view on expansion. It’s never been a priority for him to expand in the US. He’s more focused on TV deals and international. Seattle, Vegas, KC, Nashville and many others deserve a team.

[@pottymonsert560]

silver is a great comish

[@nickinderrieden7630]

2024 Power 4: NFL, NBA, NASCAR, WWE. This is not my preference, merely my thoughts on the current landscape. Your thoughts?

[@pluginpanda]

im only a fan of the NFL and NBA so if youre talking about the actual product then idk, but in terms of yearly revenue in order: NFL ~19B NBA ~11B MLB ~ 11B NHL ~7B WWE ~2B NASCAR is only crossing into the billions for the first time with their new TV deal. 7 and 2 dont seem that far apart but when youre talking billions thats an astronomical difference. they arent in the same universe.

[@pluginpanda]

a fun way to think of it is the WWE and NASCAR's yearly revenue cannot afford to buy and NFL team. The top 3 of the big 4 can afford to buy any team including the cowboys, and the NHL can afford the second most expensive team being NE.

[@handsomeerik8404]

NBA must be desperate to get viewers for All Star weekend 😂

[@tpsam]

Bingo

[@jamallfranklyn9384]

They got knocked lol they cappin

[@jamallfranklyn9384]

They want our money

[@Black4Cook]

You are focused on the nfl but had the comissioner from the nba and nhl but not from the nfl? Crazy

[@peytonharris9294]

Goodell is by far the most popular/famous whatever out of any of the leagues commissioners. Would be way harder to work anything

[@timothybocker33]

So by nature the show has said 100x as many negative things about Goodell vs the other commissioners. Goodell would almost certainly decline an invitation

[@bigsthedog]

It's funny you think he hasn't tried to get Goodell on the show. Nfl is different

[@Black4Cook]

​@@peytonharris9294but wouldnt it be great for goodell and the nfl to visit place like this show to make the people understand more about the game and the league from a diffrent prospectiv? Its always easy to bash about things but if you hear things firectly from him it kinda brings a bigger understanding why things are done in a certain way.

[@peytonharris9294]

@@Black4Cook I’m not saying I don’t agree. I would love a segment with him. I’m just saying it’s a lot harder with what he is compared to other commissioners

[@user-jf9sx1nf3s]

Gollum desperate for some fans

[@ethanvsetula6663]

Did they ever ask him about the NBA’s struggling ratings? No hate Adam Silver a great commissioner just curious.

[@Austin.Kilgore]

I doubt they’re aware, I don’t think Pat and the boys pay too much attention to the NBA… or at least I know Pat himself doesn’t.

[@jaykowsh1027]

NBA has the youngest demographic in all of sports. Younger people stream; they don't watch cable TV. Focus on how revenue hits record highs every year.

[@thorkagemob1297]

​@@jaykowsh1027yeah if its low tv ratings, that means literally nothing to the success of the NBA

[@web7317]

They’re not worried. Global audience and revenue is so much bigger than any other league.

[@tpsam]

​@@jaykowsh1027but why owners selling teams if everything so great? Shouldn't you hold on to successful and growing businesses?

[@lilhyena7534]

Reptile

[@chadnelson1777]

This guy has turned basketball into a woke disaster, just like Roger goodell did. Bring back the old guard plz

[@DylanJames107]

Who is he trying to sell the NBA to?

[@personreanimation]

Boo that man

[@jamallfranklyn9384]

Some haters fam

[@SFTaYZa]

🔯

[@nathanpapp432]

Nosferatu.

[@nickwiener8729]

The nba allstar game is the worst game in all of sports. Horrible. I’d rather watch 3 year olds play ball. Pathetic game. Do something or cancel it

[@peauntbutterxboy93]

How bout you shut up and cry it’s entertaining no one is going to try hard and get hurt

[@michaelarnold838]

FAILING UPWARD

[@brandonjones8059]

David Stern was better

[@timmy-bo2891]

Nah Adam is much better

[@LobsterMoney]

Cope Brandon

[@tpsam]

​@@LobsterMoneyjust facts no need to cope Stern expanded the league and also saved it Adam got owner selling their teams

[@Justmyopinionsry]

Adam silver is going to ruin the nba, if he signs with Disney, Everything woke turns to hell, Plz I'm praying to God ,he just renews with TNT

[@HectorCOACHBALDYPerdomoSR]

$1-- Bucks- if you have a family of four you easily paying that per seat and thenyou have to eat thats another $200.00 - Total is easy betwenn $300-$7000 a game for a faimly of four- - - just saying-

[@jdomaska1973]

What creepy looking dude!!!