Adam Silver Its not what the fans want although my caveat is and teams are in a difficult place because many of you have written the worst place to be is a middle of the road team and either be great or be bad because that will help you with the draft

Adam Silver I would see it as a failure if we did not keep the team in Portland We need a state of the art arena By any objective measure the current building there in the bottom measure of any arena in the league

Bill Simmons on Adam Silver and Portland Last couple years it seems revenue money finance driven is the job and I don't know if that's the job In this case you should care about Portland This would be a really bad one

Adam Silver answers Pablo Torre's question regarding the growing concern that wealthy individuals and entities are using the approval of the NBA to purchase credibility in the eyes of the public meaning fans and whether he plans on changing anything about the due diligence process

Adam Silver I think that in terms of Steve's Ballmer statement I'd say putting aside the precise words he chose to use Most importantly he indicated a willingness to accept the league's decision in this case and the accompanying sanctions so that's initially what I was most focused on

Celtics owner Bill Chisholm on the Jaylen Brown trade I truly believe we have the best front office in the NBA But man as a fan that was tough I really needed to be convinced to take the fan passion out of it because I'm a super fan

Bill Simmons I dont know if this is the best situation for him Jaylen Brown in Philly but Ill guess well find out But he went from Its time for me to have my own team to him being the 4th most important person on this team Hes basically going to have to be their Derrick White