Zach Lowe if the Celtics fans want to dismiss the Lakers Minneapolis titles they have to come to grip with the fact that 9 of their 17 titles came when there were like 9 teams in the NBA &amp dudes were smoking in the locker room

Zach Lowe on Sam Presti defending SGA by blaming social media What social media How about the coaches of half the NBA teams Hes trying to make it sound like its just these lunatics on SM and poor Shai has all these people attacking him Its people in the league head coaches on the record

Bill Simmons believes that the Celtics are now in the mix to make a trade for Giannis I thought they were sitting out this Giannis thing and I no longer think that

Adam Silver In terms of tanking theres no question that what we saw this season was unprecedented Fans in particular cities and even media were rooting for their teams to tank We had to respond not just to the narrative but to misalignment of incentives once it was an accepted practice

Knicks players smoking cigars on the Spurs court after winning an NBA championship

LeBron asked if this Thunder team compares to the 90s Bulls and 17-18 Warriors - They're pretty damn good from top to bottom They don't let their foot off the gas

Charania Minnesota Lakers Celtics Heat Knicks those are the teams that had interest in Giannis at the deadline You think about teams like Miami and Minnesota those were more back and forth engagement conversations Then you had teams like CLE LAL BOS NYK that just checked in