Highkin When it comes to what happened in the draft from everything Ive heard Dame amp his people were not thrilled that Portland used the pick They had kind of been telegraphing that if Portland decided to use the pick then a conversation is going to have to take place

Damian Lillard Number one is going to be OKC The one in the playoffs There was just so much back and forth They swept us that season 4-0 in the regular season So many people picked us to just get whooped on They thought we were going to get smoked

Thaddeus Young says even though the Clippers lost 5 draft picks theyre still not in a bad positionBecause they made three trades before this actually happened Which makes me believe also they knew something was coming

At one point Duncan was close to finalizing a deal with the Orlando Magic When Duncans girlfriend asked whether family members could travel on the team plane as they could with the Spurs Doc Rivers flatly said no and Grant Hill later recalled that the mood in the room immediately turned cold

Ja Morants reaction to getting tradedDamn they sent me to Portland via MaskedMem12

Ben Wallace says that if the team had drafted Carmelo Anthony Melo and his agent would have disrupted the teams chemistry actually making the team worse and ensuring they never won a championship He says they were better off drafting Darko Milicic instead

Fischer The Cleveland Cavaliers may wind up backing out of sign-and-trade talks for Jonathan Kuminga and Peyton Watson as James Harden and his camp grow impatient awaiting his contract