Tim Connelly on San Antonio and Oklahoma City changing the equation for what winning the Western Conference looks like going forwardI think the equation changes when you see the two teams playing in the Western Conference right now and how good they are We got smacked by Oklahoma City last year

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Stein Based on where we are as of 1208 Eastern on Monday the Sixers the Timberwolves the Heat your Nuggets based on everything I've been told all weekend they all still believe they're in with a chance for LeBron

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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'

Adam Silver on the NBA Second Apron's Consequences for Teams It's certainly not an unintended consequence the purpose of the system is ultimately to create competition throughout the league And from that standpoint I think the system's working incredibly well

Bill Simmons Can we all agree Cleveland is the worst outcome Lowe I ranked it by basketball fits and entertainment value fits and I had Cleveland last The reason is just the Harden piece What is he LeBron going to be doing when James Harden dribbles 30 times