Commissioner Silver open to ditching sleeved jerseys

Sleeved jerseys have been one of the more contentious issues in the NBA community since they were introduced last season. Players' complaints about them have only been getting louder. 

Well, it finally sounds like commissioner Adam Silver is listening. In an interview with Bleacher Report, Silver said he is not opposed to scrapping the sleeves if the complaints persist: 

Ultimately, if the players don't like them, we'll move on to something else. I don't regret doing it for this season. But it's intended to be something fun for the fans and the players. And if it becomes a serious issue, as to whether players should be wearing sleeves, we'll likely move onto other things.

Silver added that he has "had conversations with LeBron about the jerseys" and that the two of them "agreed that [they] would park the issue until the end of the season." 

The NBA has shown a willingness in the past to call off their implementation of new ideas, when those ideas don't find favor with the players. A synthetic basketball was introduced in 2006, but was switched out just a few weeks later amid near-universal derision. 

Worth mentioning, though, that sleeves might prove valuable pieces of added real estate when corporate logos start showing up on jerseys in a few years.