Bobby Marks I had a team text me last night after this came out this is a team not in the lottery and they said they would basically write a blank check if they had the opportunity to pick in the top 3 of this year's draft based on what the fines could be here

Thaddeus Young says even though the Clippers lost 5 draft picks theyre still not in a bad positionBecause they made three trades before this actually happened Which makes me believe also they knew something was coming

Zach Lowe The Clippers are somewhere beyond fucked As recently as yesterday a front office exec from another team said 'Hey the Clippers are quietly positioning themselves in case Jokic wants to leave Denver with lots of cap space and LA and all that' Forget that This team is dead

John Hollinger Nate Duncan Breaking down how the Clippers clearly circumvented the NBA salary cap with Bradley Beal similar to the Gary Trent situation and lost Ben Mathurin as a result

PTFO The NBA was looking forward to settling and negotiating down the Clippers' punishment The Clippers fundamentally refused to settle and undercut the investigation at every turn giving the version of their defense to ESPN as the NBA's findings

Zach Lowe Adam should we understand that the Clippers punishment is final or is it still open to some sort of renegotiation in the vein of the Timberwolves with Joe Smith Adam Silver The discipline is final

Steve Ballmer In an exclusive interview with Ramona Shelburne and ESPN last year following Pablo Torres reporting on the Clippers alleged salary-cap circumvention through Aspiration They conned me