NBA commissioner Adam Silver floated several new ideas to make NBA games more globally appealing and line up with how the sport is played internationally. Silver said that while he believes fans like what they've been seeing on the court, there is room for improvement to make the game more consistent with how it's played in other countries. This included decreasing the length of a quarter from 12 minutes to 10 minutes. "The NBA is the only league that plays 48 minutes. And I would be, I am, a fan...

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver raised the possibility that the league could someday switch from 12-minute to 10-minute quarters to appeal to a changing television audience and align with international rules.

"I'm a fan of four 10-minute quarters," Silver said on "The Dan Patrick Show" on Wednesday, although he acknowledged such a change would need much further study.

"I'm not sure that many others are," he conceded. "It's such a dramatic change to the game. I think something like that would have to be talked more about over time."