A few days later, Adam Silver and the NBA dropped the hammer on Steve Ballmer and his Los Angeles Clippers. After a year-long investigation into potential salary cap circumvention first reported by Pablo Torre, the league and the law firm Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz found the Clippers guilty and took away five first-round picks, suspended Ballmer and Clippers' executive Gillian Zucker for one year, and suspended team president Lawrence Frank for six months, and issued a $3

The Boston Celtics' decision to trade Jaylen Brown for Paul George and a draft pick is just awful. There is another way to say it. Even from the perspective of someone who is not a Celtics fan, the deal feels like a massive underpayment for one of the league's premier two-way stars. Paul George is now 36 years old, has struggled to stay healthy throughout recent seasons, and is playing under one of the NBA's least desirable contracts. Meanwhile, Brown is coming off of the bes