Silver There's no one out there saying 'oh this is just business as usual in the NBA' People are in fact suggesting this is highly aberrant behavior which is why in response to a podcast and some additional media reports we brought in the big guns on the investigation

Stephen A Smith You and I were both talking to commissioner Adam Silver before the game and he's highlighting like Look we know how this goes But damn it that happens every NBA Finals

Zach Lowe on Sam Presti defending SGA by blaming social media What social media How about the coaches of half the NBA teams Hes trying to make it sound like its just these lunatics on SM and poor Shai has all these people attacking him Its people in the league head coaches on the record

Adam Silver In terms of tanking theres no question that what we saw this season was unprecedented Fans in particular cities and even media were rooting for their teams to tank We had to respond not just to the narrative but to misalignment of incentives once it was an accepted practice

Sam Presti We hear all the time about things people don't like about the NBA which are inaccurate but they are narratives that exist on the alternative realityHe then continues to beautifully break down those narratives and show they aren't true Including narratives about SGA

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

Mike Breen on SGA Does Shai sell calls sometimes Absolutely but so do 287 other players in the NBA sell calls When they weren't a championship contender nobody was complaining They're complaining now because they're winning