David Samson former president of the Miami Marlins and Amin Elhassan former basketball operations executive for the Phoenix Suns explain the importance of the salary cap in professional sports

Adam Silver on the President attending Game 3 Hes welcome to be here What makes sports so special especially when theres so much that divides people is its something that we have in common We should look for those things we have in common and build off that

Chris Bosh Gives Breakdown on Whether or Not The NBA's Investigation Will Stop The Trade of Kawhi Leonard Back To The Toronto Raptors Due To The Los Angeles Clippers Allegedly Circumventing The Salary Cap Rules That Other Teams Had To Follow

Adam Silver on the NBA Second Apron's Consequences for Teams It's certainly not an unintended consequence the purpose of the system is ultimately to create competition throughout the league And from that standpoint I think the system's working incredibly well

Jaylen Brown ESPN is unethical and Stephen A Smith is the head face of that The organization the players they were all in agreeaance They all knew what I meant by that Our team was basically salary dumped We lost a lot of players For us to emerge and still be in the same position

Brad Stevens on the 2nd apron We may not be sitting here if there was a rule in the CBA that said guys you drafted signed to 35 supermaxes count 25 against cap bc that would allow you to build out with a lot more flexibility47 of the cap is what Brown Tatum were when we won it all

Adam Silver on the Second Apron It's certainly not an unintended consequence The purpose of this system is ultimately to create competition throughout the league and from that standpoint I think the system is working incredibly well