Justin Verrier

The Lakers, they just weren't honest about what they were doing when they got Ingram and Russell.

That was a pretty blatant tank job.

Were they honest or were they just bad?

It was probably a little bit of both.

Yeah, I just don't think we need to deal with intent.

I think it's more about the product at hand.

And I tend to find that we end up in the same place with these sorts of conversations, which is like, well, it's up to the league ultimately, and they're not going to do it because of money, because they're the ones kind of ushering this in.

The owners are the ones in control.

Adam Silver ultimately works for them when it comes down to it.

But I kind of think that's like getting them off the hook because I keep circling

We keep circling the same conversations, but ultimately everyone, I think, in the league, who follows the league, who's a casual observer of the league, agrees that there are too many fucking games.

And then we're like, oh, they'll never do it.

In fact, they're adding more with the play-in tournament.

I just think...

At a certain point, if Silver, the league, want this to be any better, you have to do the hard work of making those sacrifices.

I think the injuries that have happened, the soft tissue injuries, the fact that the strains are like, it's weekly now at this point.

We were making jokes about it the other day.

And then Peyton Watson goes out.

Luka goes out with one.

It's just, I do think we're at the point