Adam Silver to speak with with Players' Union about televising All-Star draft

NBA commissioner Adam Silver has heard all the complaints about the secrecy surrounding the league's new All-Star draft format.

Silver appeared on ESPN's "The Jump" on Thursday and vowed to approach the NBA Players' Union about televising the All-Star draft in response to overwhelming interest from fans, players, and media.

"My sense is that, already from the media and players themselves, is that I think we could have a lot of fun around the draft. If things go as we hope they will, I'm sure that's something we'll sit back down and talk to the union about," Silver said.

The league kept the draft process behind closed doors after deciding to introduce a draft element to the All-Star Game last summer. LeBron James and Stephen Curry served as captains and decided the two teams, although the exact order of their selections was never announced.

While the secretive approach might have avoided hurt feelings, it also undercut the exact point of implementing the draft in the first place. The impetus for changing the event was to introduce competitiveness since the game had become largely meaningless. Bruising a few egos was the very point of the new format.

But from Silver's perspective, he wanted to see how the tweaks work out in the draft's first trial, before making any additional changes.

"I hear everybody on televising it. I agree with Steph who said, 'Give us a break, we changed the format for the first time, and let's see how it goes and then we can talk about televising it,'" Silver said.