ALLCITY Marc Stein We know the Bucks really want an additional lottery pick If they do the deal w Miami theyll have 13 BOS only has 27 When you talk to people around the league the Bucks have been operating as though theyre going to have at least 2 lottery picks this draft

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

Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Mike Gansey Jaylens a huge piece to them so they Celtics were asking for a lot and I think we did give up a lot in this deal Paul George is still a really good player We gave up some valuable picks

Adam Silver We discussed ongoing negotiations with the Euro League We believe that NBA Europe would be strengthened by joining forces with the Euro League It doesn't have to happen but I think we would all be better off as a unified front in Europe in terms of the potential investors

Stein Part of the reason why the OKC Thunder traded Lu Dort to the Hawks was because they want to extend Cason Wallace this summer and they want to extend Ajay Mitchell next summer

Le Batard Show Pablo Torre on Ballmers desperation Hes opening the Intuit He needs a franchise player Hes a basketball fan Hes competing with the Lakers in their very same city Kawhi had just won a title microwaved the championship with Raptors So the desire here cannot be overstated

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