Brian Windhorst on Ben Simmon's Market The interest has been lukewarmThe reality is he's looking at the minimum contract He might even be forced to take a contract where he's not guaranteed At the end of the day Ben Simmons stock has been falling dramatically for years

Stephen A Smith on Ben Simmons As long as First Take is in existence Ben Simmons will catch strays Im not apologizing to a damn soul There is no bigger thief in the history of the NBA than that man If Ben Simmons runs near a basketball arena he should be arrested

Windhorst When I say Ja Morant has no value I dont even think thats accurate I think he has what they call in the league negative value Meaning teams werent willing to take Ja Morant unless the Grizzlies also added draft compensation

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

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

NBA journalist Brian Windhorst claims he wont be talking about tanking anymore because he doesn't want to ruin any relationships

Bill Simmons on Adam Silver This is the most important decision of his career