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

Adam Silver on the President He was a fixture at Madison Square Gardenhe had court-side seats here all the time He was at drafts He's a genuine Knicks fan We should be using sports to create more of a sense of community not less

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

Adam Silver on flopping We're going to look in the offseason We have a 2 day competition committee meeting in Vegas around the summer league will watch 1000 plays literally over 2 days and see if we should set that line in a different place but I think we have made a lot of progress there

Jaylen Brown ESPN is unethical and Stephen A Smith is the head face of that The organization the players they were all in agreeaance They all knew what I meant by that Our team was basically salary dumped We lost a lot of players For us to emerge and still be in the same position

Stephen A Smith You and I were both talking to commissioner Adam Silver before the game and he's highlighting like Look we know how this goes But damn it that happens every NBA Finals

Reggie Miller There is a bit of a narrative going around This OKC team flopping and flailing I love every minute of it