Chris Webber on players' decision to boycott today's games.

Ben Taylor of Thinking Basketball questions why the NBA has stopped calling offensive fouls when players charge into someone or use their off-arm showing clips from just a decade ago where those moves were illegal and the players didn't even argue the calls when they happened

Doc Rivers and Jim Boylen exchange words on the sidelines and get thrown out of the game right away with replays Clippers and Bulls commentary 3152019

Adam Silver I think that in terms of Steve's Ballmer statement I'd say putting aside the precise words he chose to use Most importantly he indicated a willingness to accept the league's decision in this case and the accompanying sanctions so that's initially what I was most focused on

Kwame Brown blames LeBron James for destroying Russell Westbrook and hurting the development of Dalton Knetch for his son Bronny James He also predicts something similar will happen with Joel Embiid if he fails to play 70 games this season and with VJ Edgecombe

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

Kevin Garnett Tim Hardaway and Alonzo Mourning fronted Nike's 1998 Fun Police campaign built around players policing boring basketball The lockout started that same July and chopped the next season down to 50 games 1998