Legal expert Michael McCann says the NBA will be cautious with the Clippers case Other teams might be rooting for punishment they better be careful what they root for noting the NBPA would strongly fight against the precedent of having teams policehave veto power over player sponsorships

Adam Silver Admits NBA Has Remarkably Little Control Over Gambling Wants Federal Czar With Subpoena Power To Oversee The League I've said before the unders are the most problematic right thing in our league We need to make players understand how draconian the discipline will be

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

Pablo Torre on the Kawhi trade How convenient is this for the NBA trying to shrink the PR problem of this scandal because the Raptors now employ the superstar they mightve been calling for punishment for And its interesting the NBA board chairman is Larry Tanenbaum the owner of the Raptors

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

Charania The Raptors and Clippers were set to have a trade call to finalize the deal But Im told the league ended up delaying that call and has now decided that the teams will not be moving forward unless the Raptors assume the risk of any potential outcomes stemming from that investigation

Charania The absolute worst case scenario that no one is expecting is Kawhi Leonards contract being voided or him being suspended for a significant period of time Whether its 40 or 20 games or the entire season It all comes down to the evidence and whats found in the investigation