The NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is in the building, so we're going to get started with him a little bit earlier than we thought.

All good don't have the commissioner just sitting around our green room with the picture of Steve Summers on the wall.

Because then he might leave.

In the Marks, he might actually walk out.

So, gala's going to grab Commissioner Silver, and we'll have them in here right now. Always happy to see the commissioner on the eve of the NBA playoffs. We'll have you come right around. Good to see you. Great to see you. Appreciate you coming in. Mike, how are you? We're going to have you right here in the middle. That's Chris McMonigle. And the Knicks, of course, tomorrow at 6 o'clock. You've got the two final playing games tonight for the eighth seed. Golden State after that brilliant performance by Steph Curry. And although the mellow ball did get in some trouble, a really great performance on the court when he was playing basketball. He had Charlotte to win away.

Commissioner Adam Silver, good to see you. Thank you so much for coming in. Great to be here. As I was walking in, I heard you were promoting me for 25 minutes by now, so I hope I didn't screw anything up. I think it's a little bit early, but it's Friday afternoon. I can't really be sitting there for a half hour. You actually have a very nice green room.

Appreciate that.

And a beautiful building you're located in now.

Yeah, we've been down here for, I guess we've I can't leave you sitting in there for a half hour. You actually have a very nice green room.

Appreciate that. And the beautiful building you're located in now.

Yeah, we've been down here for, I guess we got here 2009, I want to say.

But I think they've read the lobby since I've been here.

Yes.

Yeah, because Google bought most of the building.

Yes.

We get a lot of the building.

Anyhow, how are you?

Good to see you. I'm great. Thank you. Yeah, so much to talk to you about. As we get ready for the official playoffs, tomorrow night, obviously, as Nick fans, excited to see the Atlanta Hawks coming to town, 6 o'clock tomorrow night on Amazon, as all these early games are. I saw some of the stats that ratings were up for this year, double digits. attendance, of course, is always good. Give me account of your State of the stats that ratings were up for this year double digits attendance of course is always good

give me a kind of your state of the union on the NBA before we get into more of the specific

questions for you know I just say in terms of viewership believe it or not it's the highest viewership

in 24 years congrats and as you remember going into the season because as we were changing television

partners no longer on t-and-tie and then move to comcast NBC and peacock and then to And as you remember, going into the season, because as we were changing television partners,

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