AROUND the NBA:

[khaled1987]

Gambling... to me that's like people thinking certain crimes are up (that aren't) simply because it's covered more.  I lived in NOLA during the point shaving scandal.  Where gambling is dangerous is when you leave it in the dark.

Leaving it in the dark is one thing, actively promoting it is another. Gambling should be allowed but heavily discouraged. 
Kinda like smoking.

Regarding Silver, I don't think he is a bad commissioner, and he is actively trying to do new things.
But it always felt to me that his moves is more of a short term rather than long term moves.

People have a finite amount of time to spare for entertainments, and when you think of entertainments think of gaming, social media,movies and shows and Sports. Add that to other outdoor activities (attending games is part of it). Each one of those is an industry by itself.

This is the most competitive era for entertainment industries. And while almost everyone of them is growing, many suspects that we are close to the max amount of it, as people are already consuming most of times already in those industrie, outside of work. So, expanding the market isn't going to be a thing and they will have to compete more against each other. You see soccer actively trying to change things despite being most popular sports. Many during the super league discussion said that the game will be declining as young people are less and less engaging.

NBA in the past few years has admitted that it's main problem in viewership is those who are under 35, which is a bit scary thought on the long run.

I agree with some points that is stated above, 3 pt chucking is an issue, commentetery is another, how it is almost impossible for fans to watch their teams on one platform sucks. All of those are short term moves trying to raise money asap
I am not sure what is A.Silver power in all of this tbh. The 1t one is difficult to handle without a disastrous consequences, and ESPN et al are the ones that pays you, it is tough to force your rules on them.

In this regard, I feel the NBA will will be left behind in a decade or so, in comparison to the others.