NBA fans roasted Adam Silver for adding a weird feature to League Pass that turns games into literal movies
Imagine your favorite movie ever. It doesn’t matter what it is — just imagine it.
Now, also, imagine your favorite NBA player. Or your favorite NBA team. Maybe your favorite player plays for that team.
Now, imagine smashing all of those things together into one. Your favorite NBA player is playing an NBA game that somehow looks exactly like a scene from your favorite movie. Wild, right? Right.
It’s apparently possible now thanks to a new AI feature from the NBA.
Adam Silver announced the new feature alongside Victor Wembanyama at an NBA presentation for All-Star weekend and, I’ve got to say, this has to be one of the weirdest things I’ve ever seen.
They turned a Jazz-Pacers game into…an Into the Spiderverse movie? Yeah, man. Weird.
Adam Silver and Wemby unveil NB-AI at NBA All-Star Tech Summit in Indy – now you can use your voice to activate “movie mode” and make a live NBA game look like your favorite film pic.twitter.com/NItNQSvyTC
— NBA (@NBA) February 16, 2024
It’s kind of cool, honestly? Way cooler than just inserting yourself into a highlight, for sure. But still, it’s super weird. I’m not sure I’ll ever use this. But, then again, it’s clearly not for me. This is something the kids are going to love.
That didn’t stop people online from roasting this, though. You knew this was coming, Adam. You knew it.