David Stern and Adam Silver, the N.B.A.?s deputy commissioner, toured IMG Academies in Florida for ideas on how to form a European-style basketball academy for young, elite American players.
In a telephone interview Friday, Stern said he could envision an academy opening by 2008. He said he liked setting ?crisp dates? to ?keep the process moving.?
?We?re not kidding around here,? he said.
?We want to understand it,? Stern said. ?We want to see it. They already have a basketball academy. We?re getting educated.?