Jeff Pearlman criticizes Pat McAfee for saying he used an advance hint from ESPN's Charania to financially benefit from LeBron James free-agency decision before it became public

Adam Silver answers Pablo Torre's question regarding the growing concern that wealthy individuals and entities are using the approval of the NBA to purchase credibility in the eyes of the public meaning fans and whether he plans on changing anything about the due diligence process

Steve Ballmer In an exclusive interview with Ramona Shelburne and ESPN last year following Pablo Torres reporting on the Clippers alleged salary-cap circumvention through Aspiration They conned me

Quotes from Brian Windhorst Tim MacMahon Zach Lowe Chris Mannix and Jon Krawczynski describing how Clippers acted and lied personally to the media during the investigation Krawczynski It was a behind the scenes ferocious defense that was accusatory to anyone who dared question them

Charles Barkley on LeBron James I'm dealing with these fools in the media Lakers didn't want LeBron You think if the Lakers really want LeBron he would have left there C'mon man stop it

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

Tony Kornheiser You went on this show a million times and you said they're not going to touch Steve Ballmer Well they touched him He's done Two weeks ago there was an ESPN report that was all over this network that the league found nothing