With the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers meeting in The Finals for the third straight season and Kevin Durant seemingly tilt the balance of power entirely, Adam Silver was asked about what fans of the other teams should consider about the current state of the BNA.

"I love competition too, but we're going to celebrate excellence in this league," said Silver. "The notion is that teams will double down on their efforts. They're going to draft well, they're going to trade well. They're going to develop their own players and they're going to compete.

"It's always been the nature of this game that you're going to have dominant teams. There's this notion somehow that talent is completely static, that teams don't get better, that players don't get better, I think makes no sense. There's this long history of great competition in this league."

Silver said there's other issues with player development that the NBA needs to address.