Adam Silver Asked the NBA Question Nobody Wants to Answer | Alley Oop 187

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🗓️ 29 May 2026

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Adam Silver just asked a question that could change the NBA forever: Should referees eventually be replaced by AI? In this episode of Alley Oop, Trysta Krick and Juju Gotti dive into one of the wildest debates in sports today. Would robot refs actually improve officiating? Would NBA fans trust artificial intelligence more than human referees? Or do sports fans secretly need refs around so they have someone to blame after every controversial call?The conversation goes everywhere from AI officiating and Adam Silver's vision for the future of basketball to OKC's flopping controversy, the Western Conference Finals showdown between the Thunder and Spurs, Victor Wembanyama's impact on the league, Luke Kornet's surprising rise, and predictions for the rest of the NBA Playoffs.Plus, the crew tackles one of the most important questions in sports entertainment: Why do fans love T-shirt cannons so much?! In this episode:• Adam Silver's AI referee debate• Should NBA refs be replaced?• OKC flopping controversy• Spurs vs Thunder predictions• Victor Wembanyama discussion• Luke Kornet's timid performance• Knicks fans being Knicks fans• T-shirt cannon power rankings• The future of NBA officiatingDo you want AI making calls in Game 7? Or are human refs part of what makes sports great? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Do you know by any chance what's inside those balloons?
0:03.0	Like what drug is inside of those balloons that they sell outside of Madison Square Garden?
0:06.8	It's some sort of like, because they,
0:10.4	out of the balloons and then they get high and it's not helium.
0:13.4	Not helium.
0:14.3	We can guarantee you ain't no damn helium in the balloons.
0:17.5	It might be some LV.
0:18.6	People don't know about that.
0:19.8	Like, you had to be in New York to see it.
0:21.6	Like, what the hell?
0:22.7	Right.
0:23.2	Drugs outside of MSG in a balloon package.
0:26.6	But got Mali balloons.
0:27.8	Yeah, no doubt it's like American gangster and blue magic.
0:31.5	Nice.
0:39.6	How you doing, says?
0:41.6	I'm good. I see that Spurs jersey on.
0:47.7	By the time this episode airs, we will know whether you wore that as a good luck charm or as a bad omen.
0:49.6	I'm hoping it was a good luck charm.
0:52.2	Game seven on Sunday, baby, lock it in, man.
0:54.0	I'm already confirming it. What a game last night.
0:56.5	The Spurs showed nothing but resilience or they're out and they were ass.
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