00:00My question for Adam Silver is this.
00:04Is it time for you to step down?
00:07I really like Adam Silver as a person.
00:10I've known Adam Silver since we were kids.
00:13We went to school with one another, great friends with him.
00:17But I have to ask the question.
00:19If you've got to convince organizations to stop tanking and not tanking,
00:26and you have to coax players to want to play,
00:32help me out on where your team and where your teams are
00:36and where your sport is.
00:38When you've got to convince people to play,
00:42you've got to convince teams and organizations not to not show up
00:47for playing each and every single night so you can get a better odd
00:51at getting the ping pong balls to go your way.
00:55That's what you're doing.
00:57You are quitting on the fans when you do this.
01:01When fans show up with their economic money,
01:04that they want to go and buy a ticket,
01:06and they want to go and they want to spend money and bring their kids
01:10or bring their families to watch your event and watch your league,
01:15you've got to make sure that your players and your organizations show up.
01:21Why in God's name should the fans show up when teams and players don't want to show up
01:27each and every single night because you're trying to tank
01:30and you're doing load management?
01:33The NBA is in such a bad place right now,
01:36and it's because of the players and the way the players are dictating policy.
01:42Look, you don't like the comments and you don't like that phrase
01:45where you have people running the asylum.
01:48Well, this is what you have here.
01:50The NBA players, without a doubt, they're the centerpiece of this.
01:54They're the ones that don't want to show up and play,
01:56and now when organizations have to combat that,
01:59what they're doing is we're not showing up
02:02because we want to get better opportunities and odds
02:05at getting a better draft pick.
02:08How does that make sense?
02:09If you're trying to buy a ticket and you want to bring a family of four
02:13to go watch an NBA game one night and go to a local arena
02:16and watch your favorite star
02:18when you're not even sure the stars are going to show up,
02:21how is the NBA in a place like this right now?
02:24It just makes no sense.
02:26So let's...
02:26Let's...
02:26Let's...
02:27You...
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