In case anyone hasn’t heard, Adam Silver and the NBA put together a proposal to introduce a mid-season tournament to the NBA schedule. This tournament is supposed to only add one more game to the schedule which would only be for the championship. Is this actually needed and would it even make fans want to watch?

Let’s just get one thing straight, the die-hard basketball and NBA fans are going to be watching no matter what. Those aren’t the fans in question when it comes to all of these changes that Adam Silver is proposing.

The NBA is worried because their Finals games are getting fewer viewers than an NFL pre-season game. Viewership golden standard comes from the NFL and the millions upon millions of viewers they get for every game, especially the Super Bowl.

So, Adam Silver and company’s response is always trying something new to boost viewership. In reality, a lot of the casual basketball fans have cited the evolution of the game, the off-court campaigns, and the players resting during games that they either paid their hard-earned money for or set aside valuable time.

This could mean either something needs to change in those departments, or the league has to wait for the younger generation of fans to continue growing up and then have kids who become fans as well. Older generations are used to the Michael Jordan days and those aren’t coming back any time soon.