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Parity reigns in Silver's NBA

  • NBA commissioner Adam Silver highlighted unprecedented parity with seven different champions in seven seasons opening the NBA Finals on Thursday night.
  • This shift follows David Stern's 30-year tenure when only eight franchises won titles, showing a distinct competitive evolution under Silver's 12 years as commissioner.
  • Silver credited Collective Bargaining Agreements and restructuring for enabling all 30 teams to contend, with 11 franchises reaching the Finals over the last seven years.
  • He explained that the goal was to establish a structure encouraging greater parity across the NBA, and highlighted that either the Thunder or Pacers could become the seventh distinct team to claim the championship in recent years.
  • Silver acknowledged discussions about NBA expansion at the upcoming Las Vegas board of governors meeting but confirmed the league is not ready to pursue real talks yet.
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Parity reigns in Silver's NBA

OKLAHOMA CITY — In the entirety of David Stern's 30-year tenure as the NBA's commissioner, eight different franchises won a championship.

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NBA set to have 9th franchise win a title in Adam Silver's 12 seasons as commissioner. Parity reigns

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Sportsnet broke the news in Canada on Thursday, June 5, 2025.
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