NPDS - Rob Manfred AGAIN brought up the SALARY CAP and EXPANSION talk! Did Adam Silver leak the next NBA expansion cities!? (Episode 1261)

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Dan Le Batard

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4.8 • 8.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2025

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Today’s word of the day is ‘commissioner’ as in Rob Manfred as in Adam Silver as in MLB as in NBA. Let’s start with baseball and what Rob had to say. He brought up expansion and salary caps and softball. What does it all mean? (15:50) Adam Silver then took the stage and he had some things to say: expansion, NBA Europe. (34:07) Review: Number One on the Call Sheet. (39:10) NBA playoffs are in full swing. The Lakers bounced back! Luka and LeBron were not going down 0-2. The Thunder and Grizzlies series is not a fair matchup. The Pacers and Bucks do not like each other and it shows. (41:40) Anthony Edwards keeps getting fined. He’s up to $370,000 in fines this year. Is this form of punishment just not working? (44:30) NPPOD. (46:00) The NFL draft is tomorrow from Green Bay! But we’ll focus on the Dallas Cowboys. Jerry Jones teased a trade, but that was it. What does that mean? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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