Ty Lue responds to Quinn Snyders suggestion that the Clippers tanked to get the Jazz

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

OKC players laughing at Lakers swarming the ref after the game

JJ Redick when asked how close the Lakers are to competiting for titles - That's what we gotta figure out this offseason Proceeds to praise his players on how they handled the season individually and collectively

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

Lakers coach JJ Redick We didn't lost because of the refs that's never the case You don't lose because of refs you lose because the other team outplays you Oklahoma City outplayed us Reporter interjects They shot 13 FTs in that stretch I'm talking about Redick A lot of them were fouls

Pelinka What did those teams Detroit San Antonio and OKC have to go through to build through the draft Multiple seasons of losses and that is just not part of our infrastructure here As much as some of us might want it to be that way its not the Lakers way