Adam Silver considers changing the All-NBA selections voting process / News - Basketnews.com

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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver revealed that the league is thinking about changing the voting process for All-NBA teams' selection. The idea is to get rid of the current position-based system and just select the 15 best players instead.

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Silver thinks that picking by position might be fairer: "In terms of determinations for All-NBA, I think a fair amount of consideration is going into whether [the media] should just be picking top players than picking by position,"

"I think we are a league that has moved increasingly toward position-less basketball, and the current system may result in some inequities based on the happenstance of what your position is," Silver added.

Silver also mentioned that the plan is to address it with the National Basketball Players Association.

"So that is something we're looking at. It's something that we will discuss with the players association because it has an impact on incentives and players' contracts, and it has, you know, deep meaning for their legacy as well."

The topic of voting for best players instead of by position gained traction over the last two years, mainly due to the reason that two centers - Nikola Jokic of the Denver Nuggets and Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers finished first and second in the MVP voting.

That resulted in Embiid, who finished 2nd in the MVP voting two years in a row, being selected into the second-team All-NBA both years.

Silver also talked about changes regarding whether contract bonuses should be tied to media award voting.

"In terms of the ultimate selection process and, to your point, that in some cases can have a direct financial impact on a player's contract. Right now, we agreed with the players association to use those designations to trigger certain bonuses in players' contracts," Silver said.

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The Commissioner also touched on the topic of shortening the regular season, saying that an 82-game regular season might be too long, as it causes too many injuries due to players getting worn down and tired.

"As I have said before, what we don't see is increased numbers of injuries as the season goes on. It's not as if because of fatigue over the course of a season, you see more injuries," added Silver.

Silver revealed that many games in short spans might be the cause of injuries: "We do see a connection between actual fatigue, for example, from back-to-backs or three in a row. We think that potentially can lead to more injuries."

The expansion of the league is not in Silver's near-term plans. The main reason for that is that the average talent in the league would drop, suggesting that the focus is on the top-tier talent.

"Even sort of adding another 30 players or so that are roughly comparable, there are only so many of the truly top-tier super talents to go around," Silver concluded.

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