Wojespn There could be a point where Portland looks around amp says Miami is the best offer we have Portlands canvassing market seeing if they can come up w a package better than Miamis best package That doesnt mean Miami has offered their best package yet This takes time

Bill Simmons on Adam Silver and Portland Last couple years it seems revenue money finance driven is the job and I don't know if that's the job In this case you should care about Portland This would be a really bad one

Bill Simmons One of the things I was fascinated by was 'Why did they let this guy buy the team Why let El Cheapo Tom Dundon get in there' Apparently they only had two offers for the Portland Trail Blazers sale I just don't think they had a lot of people that wanted to buy in

Brad Stevens on trading Jaylen Brown for Paul George Its something that you have to just say do you think where we currently are will get us to where we ultimately want to go If not does it make sense to explore other pathways even if that could be very tough in the near term

Charania There have been a combination of pick-centered packages and player-centered packages offered for Peyton Watson by Cleveland Milwaukee and the LA Clippers

Fischer Peyton Watsons market may be on hold as the Clippers await a conclusion to the Kawhi Leonard investigation The Clippers may seek to expand the Kawhi Leonard trade once approved in order to acquire Peyton Watson without needing to send salary back to Denver

Bill Simmons My fear for people in Portland is that he Tom Dundon looked at what the expansion number would bewhich everybody's saying is between 7 billion and 8 billionand he's like 'Ahh I can just steal Portland for 425 billion and just move them somewhere else'