Michael Malone is scared his team will go to 10-minute quarters’

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver’s recent suggestion to reduce game quarters from 12 to 10 minutes has been met with considerable pushback from Denver Nuggets head coach Michael Malone. “I hope we don’t go to 10-minute quarters,” said Malone. I hope we don’t get into Barnum & Bailey, where we have to do everything it takes to maintain viewers.

He underlined how crucial it is to preserve the game’s heritage and integrity, contending that fans prefer competition over ploys meant to draw in viewers.

Since the NBA is the only major league that still uses 48-minute games, Silver’s proposal seeks to bring the league into line with foreign basketball forms and make games more televisually appealing 14. Coaches like Malone and Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau, meanwhile, have strongly opposed this approach and expressed reservations about changing conventional game structures.