Brilliant moment: the riders awarded the NBA 2022 All-Star Game

CLEVELAND – The NBA spotlight disappeared from Cleveland last summer. It will shine again in four years.

After many "pbadionate" discussions between the team and the league, Commissioner Adam Silver announced Thursday that the Cavaliers will host the 2022 all-star game at Quicken Loans Arena.

The Cavaliers are delighted to host this event which will coincide with the 75th anniversary of the league. Cleveland had already hosted the all-star game in 1997, when the league honored its top 50 players.

It's a big blow for the Cavs, who lost superstar LeBron James as a free agent in July and have to face a long road to return to the title of champion.

The Cavs had already offered to host previous All-Star Games, but their downtown arena is undergoing a major renovation and will not be ready until summer 2019.

Silver said the renovations had played a major role in awarding the game and its other activities to the city, which could have a direct impact of $ 100 million on Cleveland.

"This event is so big now," said Silver. "We have 1,000 members of the media. The festivities are televised, I should say distributed, not just televised, in 250 countries and territories and we need mbadive infrastructure to do it. As discussions were ongoing on potential improvements in the building, we wanted to wait for these discussions to be completed and, obviously, to succeed before we could get through the day. "

The organization of the NBA signing ceremony was a major goal of the franchise.

"It puts Cleveland on the stage for the world to see," said Gilbert. "It's great for the region. You can not measure everything and how important it is for the future growth and reputation of a city like Cleveland that is clearly on its way home. "

"There was some discussion because the municipal leaders are discussing and discussing exactly what to do here," he said. "We think it worked very well."

Charlotte will host the game this season, followed by Chicago and Indianapolis.

The increase in the number of goals scored early in the season by the NBA has been a hot topic among coaches and players. Silver believes that the new rules of the league that led to more offense are going well.

"Last week, we had a phone call with our competition committee, composed of coaches, general managers, owners, players and officials, to discuss," he said. he declares. "And the consensus, or strong sense of the group, was that rule changes were happening as expected."

Silver said that the goal of the new rules is to reduce the number of defensive players who grab and grab it.

"The question that seems to be coming back from some coaches and players is essentially how much physics will be allowed in defense," he said. "Everyone is doing a little bit. What we hear is that the teams will adapt wherever we meet, they just want to ensure consistency in the league. "

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