By Jeph Duarte | Pounding The Rock (PtR), 2026-05-28 11:00:00
马刺和雷霆的西部决赛激战正酣，而东部已经产生了一支晋级总决赛的球队。在纽约尼克斯队等待对手的同时，电视节目《帕特·麦卡菲秀》(The Pat McAfee Show) 迎来了播出时段。恰逢其时，NBA总裁亚当·肖华 (Adam Silver) 做客节目，畅谈联盟的现状。
肖华首先提到，马刺与雷霆的系列赛创下了NBA历史上分区决赛的最高收视率。考虑到圣安东尼奥和俄克拉荷马城都是小市场球队，这确实是一项了不起的成就。这很大程度上得益于明星球员的人气。两届MVP得主谢伊·吉尔杰斯-亚历山大 (Shai Gilgeous-Alexander) 和如今NBA的门面担当维克托·文班亚马 (Victor Wembanyama) 为这项运动吸引了成群结队的新粉丝。来自加拿大的SGA和法国神童文班为篮球运动吸引了全球关注，而这项运动在过去几十年中也一直在不断向外推广和扩张。
肖华还谈到了联盟旨在遏制“摆烂”行为的计划，该计划目前仍在制定中。
“我们明天其实就会召开董事会会议，讨论一项提案。该提案从本质上讲，将平摊非季后赛球队获得高顺位选秀权的概率，并加大联盟办公室对可能参与此类（摆烂）行为的球队的处罚力度，”肖华表示。
主持人帕特·麦卡菲 (Pat McAfee) 对此表达了赞同，随后话锋一转，聊到了假摔（flopping）话题。
肖华在回答时首先表示：“‘演戏要犯规’、夸大身体接触和真正的假摔之间是有区别的。”
当然，作为篮球联盟的掌门人，在季后赛最瞩目的时刻，他不可能公开承认判罚尺度存在不公，但他承认确实有一些可以改进的地方。
他坦诚地表示，球员们已经习惯了去“演戏要犯规”，并支持执裁水平总有提升空间这一观点。
肖华甚至回应了西部决赛第五战中的一次漏判——当时球明显是碰了切特·霍姆格伦 (Chet Holmgren) 的脚出界，但裁判却将球权判给了雷霆队。
“在录像回放方面，我们很快就会达到一个新阶段……我们将转向一整套新系统……判罚将是自动的……这些判罚将由人工智能（AI）和环绕球场的摄像机自动化系统来完成……它将是瞬间完成、自动生成的。”
随着科技成为未来的焦点，比赛的节奏和判罚的准确性都将得到提升。肖华相信，这也将改善球迷的观赛体验。
虽然肖华所说的大部分内容目前还处于雏形阶段，但NBA的未来显然非常值得期待。
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Open Thread: Adam Silver “The officiating is incredible”
The Spurs and Thunder are still in the midst of the Western Conference Finals, but the East has a Finals participant. While the New York Knicks are awaiting an opponent, there was television time available to air The Pat McAfee Show. Appropriately, NBA Commissioner Adam Silver made a visit to talk about the state of the league.
The first order of business was Silver’s mention that the Spurs and Thunder were receiving the highest conference finals ratings in the history of the NBA. Considering that San Antonio and Oklahoma City are small market teams, this is quite a feat. It lends itself to the popularity of the marquee players. Two-time MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Victor Wembanyama, the face of the NBA, have introduced new legions of fans to the sport. SGA, who is from Canada, and French phenom Wemby draw international interest to the sport which has continued outreach and expanded over the decades.
Silver spoke about the league’s plans for squashing tanking, which are still in development.
“We actually have a board meeting tomorrow to discuss a proposal which will in essence flatten the odds among the non-playoff teams in terms of getting top draft picks, will increase the penalties that the league office has for those teams that may participate in that type of behavior,” Silver stated.
McAfee gave the mention is due before switching gears to flopping.
Silver started the response with, “There’s a difference between selling the car, exaggeration, and a true flop.”
Of course the commissioner of basketball isn’t step into a spotlight at the height of postseason and say there is parity in the way games are called, but he admitted there are some ways to improve.
He was transparent that players are conditioned to “sell calls” and supported the idea that officiating can always get better.
Silver even responded to the missed call in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals when the ball clearly went of Chet Holmgren’s foot, but the Thunder were awarded the ball.
“In terms of replay we’re going to get to the point fairly quickly…we’re going to move to a whole system…calls will be automatic…those calls will be done by AI, automated system with cameras line around the court…it will be instantaneous, automatic.”
With technology as the focus of the future, the pace and accuracy will be enhanced. Silver believes this will also enhance the fan experience.
While most of what Silver spoke of was larval, there’s a lot on the horizon for the NBA.
By Jeph Duarte, via Pounding The Rock