NBA Commissioner Adam Silver is not about to let a potential third straight NBA Finals between the Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers ruin what has been an otherwise spectacular 2017 playoffs.

While many have claimed that the issue of competitive balance is very much a problem in today's league, Silver feels it is a non-issue given the caliber of competitive play they have displayed during the past two seasons.

“It's not a concern. I think that we should be celebrating excellence,” Silver said on “Face to Face” with ESPN's Hannah Storm. “People are already anointing these teams as dominant and franchise teams. On the other hand, I look at the Golden State Warriors that hadn't won a championship in 40 years. The Cavaliers, of course, won last year, and had never won a championship before in this league.”

While looking at the broader spectrum of things, neither the Cavs or the Warriors are remotely as accomplished as some of the more storied franchises — the competitive balance of the league is very much looked at from a present point of view, as most fans don't have 60-plus years of experience to look back into for perspective.

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Still, Silver would rather appreciate the competitive greatness between the teams rather than pout about how nice it would be to have different teams duking it out in this year's finals.

“Of course, you want to see balance throughout the league. At the same time, when teams are excelling and playing at that level, I think, the fan in me, it's fantastic to me,” Silver said.

Golden State (67-15 regular season 10-0 playoffs) and Cleveland (51-31 regular season, 9-0 playoffs) seem to be in a collision course to meet for a third straight time in the NBA Finals and add another title to their respective organization, with best-out-of-three bragging rights to boot.

While it would be certainly entertaining to see these teams meet and go at it for all the marbles — the NBA has already taken action in efforts to avoid the building of super teams with this year's collective bargaining agreement, which can hopefully start making changes in order to introduce new faces to a national audience in the near future.