Adam Silver expressed concern about how many games star players are missing at the NBA's Board of Governors meeting Wednesday. The commissioner cited an increase in injuries – like to Lebron James and Stephen Curry – and a lack of player incentives as the main contributors to the problem. His solution? Develop league-wide best practices for treatment and add incentives to keep players engaged.

“One of the things we have focused on at the league office and we're spending — we had begun to spend a lot of time on pre-pandemic — are there things we can do in terms of sharing information, resources around the league to improve best practices, rehabilitation? The other way we can get at it, in terms of player participation, is creating other incentives.”

Though Silver didn't commit to any particular incentives to increase player participation, he hinted at several.

“The Play-In Tournament, I thought, was a beginning of creating renewed incentives for teams to remain competitive and be fighting for playoff position. It may be through in-season tournaments and changes in format where we can get at it.”

Silver has long been a proponent for an in-season tournament, so it was no surprise that he reintroduced that possibility. Silver also hinted at a change to the 82-game schedule. But ultimately, the commissioner's goal is to find “the best way to present our product” throughout a season. How that happens remains to be seen.

Adam Silver touched on other polarizing topics on Wednesday. He addressed Canada's law that precludes unvaccinated players from playing in Toronto. He also discussed the Play-In Tournament, saying that while it could be tweaked, he's been happy with its success thus far. Commissioner Silver certainly has a lot on his plate heading into the 2022 NBA offseason.