Russillo I heard from 8 teamsI had another guy say its like starting the draft at 10th Then I asked somebody else give me comps He was essentially saying this is like Derek Lively or Tobias Harris being the No 1 pick in the draft

Bobby Marks I had a team text me last night after this came out this is a team not in the lottery and they said they would basically write a blank check if they had the opportunity to pick in the top 3 of this year's draft based on what the fines could be here

Austin Ainge in June 2025 on manipulating draft lottery odds You won't see that this year

Chris Mannix on his MVP vote Ive got Luka Doni in my second tier Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Victor Wembanyama Nikola Joki Jaylen Brown Those four guys are in my first tier and those are the four guys that I am considering casting my MVP vote for

Adam Silver Its not what the fans want although my caveat is and teams are in a difficult place because many of you have written the worst place to be is a middle of the road team and either be great or be bad because that will help you with the draft

Rich Paul I dont know where that article came from I dont have enough money to buy a teamThe Vegas team would cost 10B I wouldnt wanna pay that for a team This notion that me and LeBron will be paired Ive never had a conversation with LeBron about anything let alone about buying a team

Jason Timpf on the Colin Cowherd Podcast Against the Top 10 teams in point differential in the NBA the Lakers are getting outscored by 13 points per game which is good for 28th in the league behind only the Wizards and the Nets