Rather than holding a single All-Star Game, it shifted to a tournament format ... and on Thursday, commissioner Adam Silver made it clear that he agreed with their frustrations.

Now that the NBA All-Star Game, with its revised mini-tournament format, is more than a month in the past, commissioner Adam Silver has had a chance to reflect on the experience. The overall takeaway: ...

That month, the league offered a gimmicky All-Star spectacle in San Francisco that won considerable criticism. Meanwhile, pundits tripped over themselves to praise the NHL for successfully staging a ...