Colin Cowherd urges the NBA to have 5-game series in the playoffs after Tyrese Haliburton's Achilles injury

Steve Kerr We need to play fewer games We need to take 10 games off the schedule The modern game with the pace and the space I think it would be a more competitive and healthier league if we played fewer games

Bill Simmons Pod Is LeBron behind the push to shorten the season because he wants his records to stay intact

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

Rick Carlisle had very strong words for how the NBA office handled the medical examination calling it ridiculous and shocking

Charania After consulting with a hand specialist James Harden plans to play despite a fractured right thumb

Bill Simmons Pod In a playoff series you only have to go 4-3 and you advance barely above 500