Adam Silver discusses Clippers punishment, NBA expansion, why Blazers leaving Portland would be ‘failure’

Imagn Images NBA commissioner Adam Silver addressed the media Tuesday following the league’s board of governors meetings in New York City, and addressed, among other topics, the recent punishment handed down to the Los Angeles Clippers, looming league expansion and the Portland Trail Blazers’ future. Here are some of his most notable comments: Earlier this month, the NBA released its findings from a year-long investigation into the Clippers and allegations of salary cap circumvention involving Kawhi Leonard. The investigation found “a pattern of misconduct and multiple significant rules violations by the Clippers organization, a prior offender of the salary cap…