Damian Lillard wants that In-Season Tournament prize money... but mostly for teammates who are not so well off financially: "You got guys on two-way contracts who are trying to earn a stay and that prize in the end could change their family's lives."
Kyrie Irving on Luka Doncic: "The kind of nitpicking of judgment of what's going on when someone says 'I'm having human emotions' and then it goes to 'Who's to blame?' And then it starts pointing fingers... That's the aspect that I don't enjoy about this sport at all."
LeBron James has just become the only player in NBA history ranking Top 100 in points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks and three-pointers.
That's all.
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Nikola Jokic on being the first player to record a 30-20-10 triple-double in an NBA Finals game: "To be honest, I just think it's a win because if you lose, nobody is gonna even mention itβ¦ I mean, to be honest, I don't care, itβs just a stat."
Nikola Jokic on Novak Djokovic: "Actually, he texted me for real. Yes! He texted me. He didn't lie. Yes. I mean, he's amazing, of course, in his sport and he's making history every time. Probably he's going to go down as one of the best ever, if not the best ever."
Draymond Green: βI expect something to change. I got one tech this year because a ref yelled at me. I said, βIf I yell at you, Iβll get fined.β I got a tech for it."
Jaylen Brown: "It's the beginning of Ramadan. So definitely being in better spirits. Trying to be... I guess... Smile more a little bit. Just to come out and show your enthusiasm and love for the game. I get that a lot if I don't smile enough."
Draymond Green not considering Grizzlies-Warriors a rivalry: "Rivalries are created by βyou win, I win.' Clearly, we won four times and I think their organization has zero championships. So I can't consider that a rivalry. I mean, anybody can win in March."
Sacramento Kings All-Star Domantas Sabonis is undergoing X-rays on his ribs/lungs, sources tell ESPN. Sabonis is getting evaluated after Draymond Green stepped on him in Game 2.
Domantas Sabonis on the last play with Lauri Markkanen: "Once I saw him catch it with his back to the basket, I didn't worry because he has to catch it and turn around. I was like, 'Whatever'. But then you know... we're the Kings and I was like... Well, we might have lost."
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Nikola Jokic on Bruce Brown: "When he did a step back three, I almost⦠I wanted to punch him but when he made it, I was so happy. Same as Aaron [Gordon] he's learning and he is accepting [his role] and that's the best thing about him."
Jimmy Butler on Grant Williams: "He's a big part of what they try to do. He switches, he can shoot the ball. I just don't know if I'm the best person to talk to."
Probably not.
This sure looks like the strongest NBA team on paper right now.
PG: Rajon Rondo, Quinn Cook
SG: Danny Green, Troy Daniels
SF: LeBron James, KCP
PF: Anthony Davis, Kyle Kuzma
C: DeMarcus Cousins, JaVale McGee
As of now, Nikola Jokic would be the first player in NBA history to lead a team in points, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks and field goal percentage in a season.
That really screams MVP to me.
Austin Reaves on MVP chants: "Obviously not an MVP caliber player. Those guys are really good... But for them to do that is special and means a lot to me. So, you know, shout out Laker Nation."
Jamal Murray on Christian Braun: "He's going to grow and he's going to be a very, very, very solid player in this league. So exciting to see him develop his game and gain more confidence, more trust from not just us, the coaching staff as well and you know, see him grow."
Nikola Jokic is the only All-Star to play the full schedule this season.
He would be the first MVP not to miss a single game since Kobe Bryant in 2007-08.
This is Nikola Jokic fighting back tears in his hometown of Sombor after winning an Olympic medal with Serbia in 2016.
Wait till he goes back as NBA champion and best player in basketball.
Nikola Jokic to the ref: "Call the foul, motherf***er."
Michael Malone to the media: "When I heard what he said, I said I don't understand the problem because when I grew up that was a term of endearment in my house." π
"To be quite honest with you, everybody wanted to see me fail when I got to the league. Everybody was just like... it's no way he's going to be able to exceed the expectations that's put upon him."
-- LeBron James
Jimmy Butler: "My daughter is out here, so ripping and running with her. Played a lot of Spades. Spades didn't go too well for me yesterday, now that I think about it. I'm going to do an escape room tonight."
Jimmy Butler on Nikola Jokic and Jamal Murray: "Weβre going to get back to the film and figure it out because we do have to be better guarding both of those guys. One is the ball-hander and one is the guy that is setting the screen and popping and rolling."
Jimmy Butler: "I'm not a statistics guy or analytics, but I can tell you right now that when he's on the floor they're a much better team. Like I said, I want him to get right, because we want to play against who I call the MVP."
Luka Doncic in the last eight months:
Eurobasket champion
All-Eurobasket team
Euroleague Rising Star award
Euroleague MVP
Euroleague champion
Euroleague Final Four MVP
No. 1 pick next?
The best players in the last seven days, per
@TikotDeRoa
's Global Rating:
1. Stephen Curry
2. Kevin Durant
3. Nikola Jokic
4. Chris Paul
5. JORDAN POOLE
Argentinian guard Facundo Campazzo is indeed headed to Denver, HoopsHype has learned.
The Real Madrid star, who's signing a two-year deal, will become the shortest NBA player ever with no college basketball experience.
How many teams better than π right now?
PG: Mike Conley, Emmanuel Mudiay
SG: Donovan Mitchell, Dante Exum
SF: Bojan Bogdanovic, Royce O'Neale
PF: Joe Ingles, Jeff Green
C: Rudy Gobert, Ed Davis