Smith There was a point last night before the six-team trade involving John Collins was finalized that it nearly expanded to involve seven or eight teams and would have landed Peyton Watson with the LA Clippers

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

Private runs featuring DeMar DeRozan JJJ LeBron Jalen Johnson Deandre Jordan Peyton Watson etc

In 2007 Kobe told Stephen A Smith the Lakers weren't adding players such as Baron Davis or Carlos Boozer said he would've joined the Bulls or Clippers had he known and added that he'd even play on Pluto if it meant leaving the Lakers

Charania I had one executive tell me last night that the Clippers were essentially acting like a power agent brokering deals for Kawhi Leonard That's millions and millions of cash flow coming into Kawhi By mid-2021 Kawhi had pocketed tens of millions of dollars in no-show endorsement deals

Shelburne They're talking about a settlement conversations have been more about this failure to supervise and the nature of the introductions that were made between the Clippers and Kawhi's people rather than direct evidence of salary cap circumvention done by Steve Ballmer

Zach Lowe Adam should we understand that the Clippers punishment is final or is it still open to some sort of renegotiation in the vein of the Timberwolves with Joe Smith Adam Silver The discipline is final