Dear NBA commissioner Adam Silver, please throw away any ideas of 40-minute games. That seems to be the sentiment of pro basketball players and fans, including Cavaliers All-Star Darius Garland.

The Cavs selected Garland with the fifth overall pick in the 2019 NBA draft. Garland’s new teammate De’Andre Hunter was taken a pick of him at No. 4 by the Atlanta Hawks. Zion Williamson was taken first overall by the New Orleans Pelicans.

As part of the exchange, the Cavaliers sent Caris LeVert and Georges Niang to the Hawks, cutting ties with a couple of key members of the rotation. During a recent appearance on R