"The league is tampering with the Lakers, when you hear Pop say, 'Don't trade AD to the Lakers,' when Pels are like, 'Demps is gonna lose his job if they deal AD to LA.' That's actually collusion." - Kellerman

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

Zach Lowe The Clippers are somewhere beyond fucked As recently as yesterday a front office exec from another team said 'Hey the Clippers are quietly positioning themselves in case Jokic wants to leave Denver with lots of cap space and LA and all that' Forget that This team is dead

Rich Paul suggests something slipped past Charania during his coverage of LeBron's free agency only for him to reveal that he knew about it but chose not to report it Is it the Cavs FO group Koby Altman Brandon Weems the Gilbert family Grant Gilbert meeting with LeBron in Akron in early July

Bill Simmons reading mailbag question Why couldn't East contender trade for Bronny for the sole purpose of guarding LeBron during key moments in a playoff series No way he is looking to embarrass his son right 2 clips together

PTFO The NBA was looking forward to settling and negotiating down the Clippers' punishment The Clippers fundamentally refused to settle and undercut the investigation at every turn giving the version of their defense to ESPN as the NBA's findings