Spears I do sense there is some frustration with Dame He wants this over with right now Portland holds the cards Even if they play with fire they know Dame aint James Harden Hes not gonna start a fire Respect and professionalism are very important to him

Marc Spears on James Harden and the Cavaliers And to James' credit they're saying that he's been patient his people has been patient and I hear that they expect aresolution to come soon for him to re-sign

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

Damian Lillard sends the Thunder home

ESPN Brian Windhorst Its getting worse by the day The rhetoric between the politicians and the Trailblazers is deteriorating On Monday the Blazers board of Directors have a meeting It could be a declaration of an all out war

Adam Silver I would see it as a failure if we did not keep the team in Portland We need a state of the art arena By any objective measure the current building there in the bottom measure of any arena in the league

Marc Spears on Jalen Duren The Pistons they're focused on bringing him back I just hear that Jalen it's not about money right now He feels disrespectedthere's a black cloud going into campthey gotta try to fix it and I don't know if they can in time