ESPN Stephen A Smith If the Clippers steal the 5th seed and push the Lakers down to 6th forcing them to face Denver in Round 1 the Lakers would get destroyed He suggests they should tank games to avoid the Nuggets Theyre going home Theyre not beating Denver I can assure you of that

Stephen A Smith Where the hell do the Los Angeles Lakers think theyre going with a bunch of white dudes

Stein Based on where we are as of 1208 Eastern on Monday the Sixers the Timberwolves the Heat your Nuggets based on everything I've been told all weekend they all still believe they're in with a chance for LeBron

Bill Simmons I heard this too during the weekend Could the Clippers with the 5th pick move in to the Giannis Antetokounmpo trade and be the 3rd team And then the second piece of this Would they then send Kawhi to Miami as a consolation prize for additional assets

In response to Stephen A Smith questioning how the Lakers could win with three white players Jeff Teague What if they would've been like 'How are you going to win in soccer with five Black guys on the field' How are you going to win with a Black quarterback

Stephen A Smith on Jalen Brunson I'm shocked to have to say thistonight it looked like he was playing to be an MVP rather than be playing to win game 3

Windhorst The LA Clippers have quietly been visiting draft prospects expected to be taken in the late lottery range in the last few days This could signal a trade of Leonard to Miami No 13 or Golden State No 11 and LA trading No 5 to Milwaukee for Jaylen Brown