Many have speculated the league would be thrilled with that, given the conglomeration of stars on both teams will undoubtedly lead to massive television ratings if the two teams square off again next June. NBA Commissioner Adam Silver says otherwise.

“I don’t think it’s good for the league, just to be really clear,” Silver said at a press conference Tuesday night following the conclusion of the league’s Board of Governors meetings. “I will say, whoever is favored, try telling that to the 420 other players who aren’t on those two teams. We have the greatest collection of basketball players in the world in our league, so I’m not making any predictions.

“But there’s no question when you aggregate the great players [on those two teams] they have a better chance of winning than many other teams . . . It’ll be interesting to see what happens. But to be absolutely clear, I don’t think it’s ideal from a league standpoint.

“The good news is we are in a collective bargaining cycle, so it gives everyone an opportunity, from the owners to the union, to sit down behind closed doors and take a fresh look at the system and see if there’s a better way we can do it. My belief is we can make it better.”

Silver will get his chance to follow through on how the process could be improved, given both the league and the NBA Players Association have the ability to opt-out of the current collective bargaining agreement in December. The expectation is that at least one side will do so, starting the clock on a new agreement before the potential for a lockout in July 2017.

There are many ways to take the phrase “we can make it better.” One of them is the possibility of the elimination of maximum salaries, something the NBAPA has said it might consider as part of its push in the next round of bargaining. The other is the possibility of a hard salary cap, something the NBA was interested in during the last lockout in 2011, but ultimately relented on in favor of more stringent luxury tax penalties that were designed to prevent super teams like the LeBron James-led Miami Heat.

It worked for a few years, but the massive increase in the salary cap this summer because of the league’s new television contract broke the system, creating a situation where Durant could join the Warriors without them having to break up their star trio of Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson and Draymond Green.

“We do need to re-examine some of the elements of our system,” Silver said, “so I’m not here next year or the year after talking about anomalies. There are certain things, corrections, we believe we can make in the system, but it requires two parties to make those changes. I think we’ve had very productive discussions with the union so far, and we’ll continue to do so.”