NBA commissioner Adam Silver has presented the idea of changing games from 12- to 10-minute quarters.
“As we get more involved in global basketball, the NBA is the only league that plays 48 minutes,” Silver said Wednesday on the “Dan Patrick Show.” “I am a fan of four 10-minute quarters, I’m not sure that many others are … I think that a two-hour format for a game is more consistent with modern television habits.”
Silver would like to see a consistent set of rules for basketball across all leagues. He noted that Olympic basketball and college basketball already play 40-minute games.