Stephen A I've covered NBA for quarter of century I can't count the amount of fraternization It's not to excuse anything Two consenting adults work together that stuff happened all the time If you are not firing him don't publicize it No reason to put that personal business out there

Stephen A responds to Josh Hart telling him to shut up and that he's a part-time Knicks fan What did I say that requires me to know anybody You dont who I know You dont know who talks to me You dont even know how close I am to the people that cut your checks You havent done your homework

Stan Van Gundy pushes back on Lukas All-NBA case The whole thing with his wife having a baby Cmon If those were the only games he missed fine Everybody has missed games for personal reasons We either have a line or we dont If we have a line then lets stick to it He didnt make it

Voter Stephen A Smith on SGA The complaints are existing because he's making teams paythey're saying we have a hard time stopping him because he's that great could you help us out by not giving him more callswhich the ultimate sign of respecthe's busting everybody's ass that's why

SI Charania on Doc Rivers' claim that he called the Bucks and yelled at them It never happened Everyone can see what has transpired there They are still being investigated by the NBA because they wanted to shut down their star player It's always about the work it's not personal

Kawhi Leonard when asked about the Aspiration investigation You have to ask the NBA Im not the one doing the investigation I think were going to be in the clear Im not stressing

Jaden Ivey calls out the NBAs hypocrisy surrounding Anthony Edwards' homophobic slur use in 2022 He didnt get kicked out of the league he didnt get waived Its because he is the best player on their team he makes them money