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

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