Shelburne The price for the Vegas team was climbing into the stratosphere And at one point they kind of looked and said Why are we going so hard for an expansion team They called Mark Walter on Sunday but he wasnt looking to sell He had to consider the offer because of the money involved

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

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

Windhorst last few years wolves have lost a ton of money target center renovated about 5yrs ago and it went from a bottom 5 arena to a bottom 5 arena they arent in a position to squeeze more money because they just had a public supported renovation So its a challenging economic situation

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

PTFO Before Mark Walter sold the Lakers he bought the Dodgers Then came a 350000000 deal with Magic Johnson and a hidden web of loans and deals with each other covertly allowing Magic to build most of his wealth and become a billionaire

Pablo Torre and Stavros Halkias discuss the sports bubble with Stavros arguing that private equity is ruining sports franchises If they destroy the Lakers guys with Kobe back tattoos are going to start fucking like the proletariat revolution