TORONTO — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver has opened All-Star weekend by paying homage to the league's history in Toronto.
Silver spoke Friday morning at the NBA All-Star Technology Summit, and began his remarks by reminding attendees that the league's enormous success globally stems in part from what happened in Toronto on Nov. 1, 1946 — when the first game in what was then called the Basketball Association of America was played.
Silver is calling this weekend "a very special one for us in the NBA, a homecoming."
It was in Toronto on that night nearly 70 years ago when the New York Knicks visited and beat the Toronto Huskies 68-66. The game was played at Maple Leaf Gardens — "which, if you're curious, is now a grocery store," Silver says
Silver calls All-Star weekend in Toronto 'a homecoming'
National Basketball Association commissioner Adam Silver, addresses the media at the S.A.Y. Detroit Play Center in Detroit. The first All-Star weekend held outside the U.S. is another success for Commissioner Adam Silver. And while things are going well, the honeymoon won't last long before either players or owners have to decide if they want the NBA to go in another direction. AP/Carlos Osorio, File