Zach Lowe walks back his slap on the wrist guess and shares his new expected punishment for the LA Clippers based on the currently presented evidence At least one first-round pick and a massive fineNot a Joe Smith penalty

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

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

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 Messes Up 22nd Draft Pick Announcement The Philadelphia 70 Selectors

Kelly Oubre shows the refs some brotherly love after a no-call on his attempted game-winning drive Nurse and Oubre were each fined 50k after the game

Windhorst The LA Clippers and Toronto Raptors have agreed on player compensation and are currently haggling over draft picks LA could opt to use the Leonard deal to clear cap space If they wanted to they could become a free agent player if they execute this trade