Nick Baumgardner

It is low-hanging fruit for a lot of reasons.

But my partner today, Russ Dorsey, here on Bohemian Harrison Grody, he has some issues with the man leading.

The association at this current juncture, Commissioner Adam Silver.

Before we get into why Russ has issues with Adam Silver, Adam's got a lot of people upset with him on where the league stands on tanking in the NBA after he issued a $500,000 fine against the Utah Jazz because they pulled their starters off.

Larry Markkinen and Jaron Jackson Jr.

after three quarters in a game recently.

And then also against the Indiana Pacers who weren't playing the full complement of players available to them as they continue their tank efforts in the 25-26 season.

Here's what happened with Adam Silver when he was put on the spot All-Star weekend.

So that's Adam Silver trying to explain his way out of...

The tanking conundrum, because it has become a conundrum.

And I thought the one part he was very clear on, and it makes all the sense in the world, is teams have figured out if we need to be bad this year to be bad this year, but not next year.

It's got to be this year.

They will do what it takes to be bad in the class that has the biggest stars.

So what people heard there, a skilled orator.

Adam Silver.

Because he did a good job at trying to explain where things were at when it comes to tanking, give you a little history lesson on where the league has been, how they've changed the lottery over time, etc.

It was the part at the end that made me laugh because he actually did a good job up until the last 30 seconds where he was like, you know, I know this year's draft class is great compared to the next two and our teams need to kind of look at that and say, hey, we're all in this together, to which if I'm another team

I say absolutely the hell not.

I don't care about the next two years or the other teams.

I'm trying to get Cam Boozer this year.