ESPN Windhorst When the Allen estate sold the team they did a very short lease Leases are usually 15-20 years they did a 5 year lease And theres almost no protection in the lease for the Blazers to leave Tom Dundon isnt interested in giving any money for this renovation It's a messy one

Adam Silver I would see it as a failure if we did not keep the team in Portland We need a state of the art arena By any objective measure the current building there in the bottom measure of any arena in the league

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

Dwyane Wade on LeBron James signing with 76ers How can I say this without saying it too much I don't want to say too much I dont think weve seen the end of what this move is I think its more to this move And so Ill just leave it at that

Brendan Haywood tells Jalen Duren to sign the contract already if he doesnt want to end up like Jonathan Kuminga

PTFO The DOJ could build a criminal conspiracy case against Steve Ballmer and the Clippers for securities fraud in the Kawhi Leonard scandal per former federal prosecutors Even in 2026 a creative theory could map out a road to jail time And thats before the US president gets involved

Brendan Haywood On your first mega-deal please get the 190 million I don't wanna hear Jalen Duren looking like Jonathan Kuminga in a couple of years