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NBA Commissioner Adam Silver revealed the league was exploring alterations to the rules on All-NBA team selections.
The NBA’s tactical transformation since the implementation of the defensive three-second rule has created a recruiting need for skill over true size, translating into a more fluid style of basketball.
Meanwhile, Joel Embiid has finished second in MVP voting but has missed out on All-NBA First Team selection, due to both being centers.
In his annual news conference before the start of the NBA Finals, Silver said the league was looking at adapting to transforming circumstances.
“I think we’re a league that has moved increasingly towards positionless basketball,” Silver said Thursday in San Francisco, in his annual press conference at the start of the NBA Finals. “The current system may result in some inequities just based on the happenstance of what your position is.
“It’s something that we will discuss with the players’ association because it has an impact on incentives in players’ contracts.”
The NBA allowed 100 media members to vote for Jokic or Embiid as forwards, but it failed to remedy given neither could be considered as such in the traditional sense.
