Adam Silver interested in expanding All-Star team rosters to more than 12 players
Now this is interesting. NBA team rosters have a minimum of 12 players, maximum of 15. Almost no teams only carry 12 players on their squad. But All-Star team rosters (two of them, one for the East, one for the West) have 12 players each. Why not a few more? I think you can make an argument that things are fine the way they are, especially considering the limited minutes available in the actual All-Star game compared to the amount of talent on each roster. Still fun to consider the possibilities of more All-Stars being named. Here’s ESPN.com reporting:
NBA commissioner Adam Silver told ESPN Radio on Sunday that he favors expanding All-Star rosters from their current limit of 12.
On the first day of his second year in charge of the league, Silver added that “this is going to be the year where we have to make those decisions” in reference to proposed tweaks to the league’s current playoff format and draft lottery.
In the wake of what he described as “essentially a tie” in trying to choose between Sacramento’s DeMarcus Cousins and Portland’s Damian Lillard to replace injured Kobe Bryant on the Western Conference squad, Silver told the “NBA Lockdown: Insiders” show Sunday night that he intends to broach the subject in the near future with new Players Association executive director Michele Roberts.
Asked to reflect on what he would remember most about his first year as commissioner, with Sunday marking exactly one since he replaced David Stern, Silver said: “That I had to decide between DeMarcus Cousins and Damian Lillard. I didn’t like having to make that choice. I wish I had another slot for Damian because I think he’s deserving of being an All-Star as well.”
