NBC Sports Boston Its embarrassing that Boston is a championship favorite amp you cant land one of the best players available who wants to win a championship Whats wrong with Boston How come guys dont wanna go here So to save face Celtics say Were not in the mix which is bullcrap

Celtics owner Bill Chisholm on the Jaylen Brown trade I truly believe we have the best front office in the NBA But man as a fan that was tough I really needed to be convinced to take the fan passion out of it because I'm a super fan

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

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 on the Lakers being sold for more than the Celtics It hurt it was a wake up call for us

Charles Barkley on LeBron James I'm dealing with these fools in the media Lakers didn't want LeBron You think if the Lakers really want LeBron he would have left there C'mon man stop it

Bill Simmons reading mailbag question Why couldn't East contender trade for Bronny for the sole purpose of guarding LeBron during key moments in a playoff series No way he is looking to embarrass his son right 2 clips together