Charania NBA stakeholders are aware there is no perfect solution to tanking but the three anti-tanking proposals are attempting to mitigate it as much as possible Owners will speak with their respective GMs and executives weighing potential ramifications and unintended consequences

Sam Presti explains why he supports the anti-tank rules put forth by Adam SilverHe thinks it is a good thing it is only for 3 years as it makes it possible to go back from it if it doesn't work not remaining in the box

Pablo Torre on the Kawhi trade How convenient is this for the NBA trying to shrink the PR problem of this scandal because the Raptors now employ the superstar they mightve been calling for punishment for And its interesting the NBA board chairman is Larry Tanenbaum the owner of the Raptors

Charania The Raptors and Clippers were set to have a trade call to finalize the deal But Im told the league ended up delaying that call and has now decided that the teams will not be moving forward unless the Raptors assume the risk of any potential outcomes stemming from that investigation

Presti on lottery reform Good short term solve but hopes NBA will eventually move away from a luck based solution Hopefully we can get to a point where we have a system that isn't tied to record entirely Said he prefers a complex predictable system to a simple unpredictable one

Charania A Giannis Antetokounmpo trade WILL be coming before the NBA Draft tomorrow The Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat are considered the finalists with one mystery team considered in-play

Wolves GM Tim Connelly on Ant's feedback in potential roster moves There's been countless things we could have done When you go to your leaders like Ant and you say 'It takes get this to get that' the conviction he has in our guys is evident when he says 'No we're not trading this guy'