JJ Redick on Adam Silver’s suggestion the league look into shortening quarters from 12 to 10 minutes: “Not a fan. That’s not a good idea. We are the premier league, in the NBA.

That year is important because prior to 1965, U.S. quarters were made of 90% silver, Wired reported. This means a quarter’s silver content alone could be worth several dollars.

Silver is definitely right to suggest that this wouldn't make sense in the last two minutes of the game. If you think it's annoying now when teams foul up three late in a game, imagine what would ...

In late April I wrote that it was time for a switch in strategy: Sell gold and buy silver. Since then, gold is unchanged and silver broke out to close at $36.60 an ounce—a 12-year high—on June ...

Silver said that one thing he'd been thinking about was the possibility of dropping from 12-minute quarters to 10-minute quarters. "I am a fan of four 10-minute quarters.

To Silver’s point, FIBA and Olympic games are 40 minutes. So are WNBA games, which feature 10-minute quarters. Most suggested NBA rule changes revolve around play style.

As for 10-minute quarters, Silver said the change can not only create a "more consistent set of rules globally around the game" — FIBA and the Olympics both have 40-minute games, as does the ...