David Griffin on the Rockets' additions: "I don't like the fit of their pieces for a few reasons ... Every time you radically change what you're about in pursuit of beating GS, you actually get further away. ... I think that team actually may have tak

Harden explains why he never won a championship First Houston years we weren't good enough Then we had a chance CP gets hurt and Warriors were a real dynasty with KD In Brooklyn and Philly I sacrificed money and being the top scorer in order to win a championship and it was for nothing

Bill Simmons Can we all agree Cleveland is the worst outcome Lowe I ranked it by basketball fits and entertainment value fits and I had Cleveland last The reason is just the Harden piece What is he LeBron going to be doing when James Harden dribbles 30 times

The Rockets go for the Hack-A-Sharp tactic against 7'5'' Jamarion Sharp in the 4th quarter who is less than 50 from the line for his careerSharp does wellThe game ends with 61 fouls in 40 minutes - 31 for the Rockets 30 for the Raptors

Draymond says he was surprised at the Reaves contract I didn't expect the Lakers to go so high On a team where you had Austin Luka and LeBron the team didn't fare as well as one would hope I thought Lakers would stand pat and negotiate it down Austin had some struggles in the playoffs

Bill Simmons Pod Doc Rivers on James Harden James doesn't give everybody else enough room to be great he is the only one that can be great on his team

Windhorst The people on the league I'm talking to today are giving me the side eye and they're going this is going end up with Draymond getting a new contract in GS LeBron getting a new contract in LA and AD getting a new contract in Washington