Haberstroh The only way to actually stop tanking is taking away the draft The draft is antithetical to what we know about the biggest sports in the world College Football isn't saying man I wish there was a draft where NC State could get the 1 recruit Soccer doing pretty well around the world

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

Givony This draft isn't as deep or historic as some have made it out to be And NIL could do a real number on the back half of the first round with the NCAA withdrawal deadline coming up May 27

Brad Stevens today - There were a lot of teams in the NBA playing for draft positioning this year And that won't be the case next year The league is gonna be a lot better the regular seasons gonna be a lot harder

Pelinka What did those teams Detroit San Antonio and OKC have to go through to build through the draft Multiple seasons of losses and that is just not part of our infrastructure here As much as some of us might want it to be that way its not the Lakers way

Haberstroh If the Kings win the lottery I think AJ Dybantsa will pull an Eli Manningin the NIL era these athletes are used to having agency they're used to making decisions for themselves In years past this was not the caseI think the dynamics are shifting

Bill Simmons Pod I think the Knicks winning the championship is the biggest thing left in any sport other than Bills Vikings or Detroit Lions winning the Super Bowl