SportsAndLady;1845987 wrote:Adam Silver can't like that comment from lebron lol

Ironman92;1846000 wrote:Yeah, well Silver can hula hoop with a cheerio...so I really don't like him

Laley23;1846005 wrote:Silver is the best commissioner in sports right now, imo.

like_that;1846006 wrote:The bar really isn't set that high.

friendfromlowry;1846003 wrote:Really? He's a lot better than David Stern IMO.

Laley23;1846007 wrote:This is true.

I think Manfred is doing/going to do very good things with MLB, though.

Laley23;1846005 wrote:Silver is the best commissioner in sports right now, imo.

SportsAndLady;1846014 wrote:Meh. He was practically given a layup with the sterling thing in LA right after he took over. That satisfied the pc crowd. Other than that, it's not like he's done much.

The NBA continues to be a league where the regular season means very little, he's not doing much to help that.

like_that;1846011 wrote:The bar wasn't set high from his predecessor lol. I agree though.

SportsAndLady;1846014 wrote:Meh. He was practically given a layup with the sterling thing in LA right after he took over. That satisfied the pc crowd. Other than that, it's not like he's done much.

The NBA continues to be a league where the regular season means very little, he's not doing much to help that.

Laley23;1846019 wrote:I love that MLB is adapting streaming. We need to fix the marketing of the game, and there is no reason why TBS should be showing games like TNT does NBA, midweek. Expose stars from other markets.

While the replay system seems to be wrong a decent amount lol, they have the best system in place. It's quick, managers get a challenge, and HR/non HR is automatically reviewed. Only thing I think should be tweaked is the "overslide". If you legit go to far like J-Ram yesterday at 3rd, out. But Lindor, went hand to foot like you're taught and had both off for 1 pixel of TV. That isn't an overslide and should be ruled safe.

Other than that, I like what MLB is really doing.



Well, they are in talks of shaking up the playoffs which is a start.

The league is booking though. Started with Stern, but he has done a great job of marketing. Yes we have superteams, but we have stars all over the sport, and we have big time ratings for national games 4/7 days a week. The league as a whole is really in a good spot.

Laley23;1846019 wrote:I love that MLB is adapting streaming. We need to fix the marketing of the game, and there is no reason why TBS should be showing games like TNT does NBA, midweek. Expose stars from other markets.

While the replay system seems to be wrong a decent amount lol, they have the best system in place. It's quick, managers get a challenge, and HR/non HR is automatically reviewed. Only thing I think should be tweaked is the "overslide". If you legit go to far like J-Ram yesterday at 3rd, out. But Lindor, went hand to foot like you're taught and had both off for 1 pixel of TV. That isn't an overslide and should be ruled safe.

Other than that, I like what MLB is really doing.



Well, they are in talks of shaking up the playoffs which is a start.

The league is booking though. Started with Stern, but he has done a great job of marketing. Yes we have superteams, but we have stars all over the sport, and we have big time ratings for national games 4/7 days a week. The league as a whole is really in a good spot.

SportsAndLady;1846023 wrote:I saw over the weekend the Women's final four games were drawing higher ratings than the NBA games lol

Agree that the NBA is great, but they definitely have some problems and Silver has some work to do to fix them.

like_that;1846022 wrote:What talks of shaking up the playoffs?

Laley23;1846019 wrote:I love that MLB is adapting streaming. We need to fix the marketing of the game, and there is no reason why TBS should be showing games like TNT does NBA, midweek. Expose stars from other markets.

SportsAndLady;1846027 wrote:Saw an idea where they'll seed 1-8 based on records like they normally do, but home court advantage goes to the team with the best H2H record in the regular season.

like_that;1846032 wrote:Lol then teams like cavs really won't GAF at the end of the season.

like_that;1846026 wrote:I think they should reduce the schedule to 62 games. Eliminate these garbage back to backs. The fact the cavs are finishing their season with 5 back to backs in 5 weeks to end the season is a joke.

Laley23;1846036 wrote:20 games is too many. But I like the talks of lessening preseason and starting season earlier. Basically would give 7 more days to play with without games. If they go to 76 (1 a month gone), plus the season starting 7 days earlier, your looking at 2 full weeks more of rest.

friendfromlowry;1846046 wrote:I wouldn't QQ if they end up with the #2 seed and avoid Miami (who's looked red hot at times this season)/Indiana and instead get #7 Chicago/Atlanta. The Hawks are 2-8 in their last ten.

SportsAndLady;1846050 wrote:Cavs are 0-4 against Chicago lol no thanks on playing them.

friendfromlowry;1846051 wrote:That was also with Wade playing. They were 1-3 against Detroit in the regular season last year. Didn't stop them from sweeping them when it mattered in the first round.