The 2024-25 NBA season is coming to an end, and the Indiana Pacers will face the Oklahoma City Thunder in the NBA Finals. However, before Game 1 of the series, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver sparked some discussion with his comments about the matchup.

Silver recently appeared on Fox Sports 1’s Breakfast Ball on Wednesday. During the discussion, he addressed the criticism surrounding the matchup in the NBA Finals, particularly noting that it featured teams from small markets. To illustrate his point, Silver drew a compelling comparison to the NFL.

“If we were going into a Super Bowl and it was Packers vs. Steelers you guys would celebrate that. People wouldn’t talk about Pittsburgh being a small market. It’s been intentional to create a CBA that allows more teams to compete,” Silver s

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