Per Bill Simmons Giannis was about to sign off on the Celtics trade but he wanted a 3 year extension at 35 of the cap but Boston was set on 2 years at 30 Brad Stevens would not budge on the extension and thats when he approved the trade to Miami

Simmons Who's playing defense on this Heat teamLowe Giannis Bam Davion Mitchell Andrew WigginsSimmons Who's guarding Jayson TatumLowe Andrew WigginsSimmons Andrew Wiggins did guard Jayson Tatum really well 4 years ago Welcome to the Play-In

Krawczynski The Wolves did have real discussions with the Celtics about Jaylen Brown Celtics wanted Rudy and Naz and it was going to be just too high of a price to pay I do think the Wolves are happier with the LaMelo fit

Paul George on why negotiations with the Clippers fell through I never wanted to leave LA The first initial deal was I thought kind of disrespectful 2 years 60 million Im like Just give me what Kawhi got

Bill Simmons They've screwed up almost a decade and a half of their franchise since 2019 They're not gonna have their pick in 2032 that's 13 years after the Kawhi signing They could basically throw a bar mitzvah in 2032 for how fucking stupid they are

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

Giannis has a tense encounter with a gentleman at a restaurant but it ends in a happy outcome