Emoni Bates says players like Ja Morant Dejounte Murray and Miles Bridges have taken him under their wing

Anthony Edwards on Jaden McDaniels He's my favorite player in the NBA What he does on the nightly basis for us is incredible His maturity has grown so much over the last year and a half The way he sees the game reads the game how he takes his time to get to his spots

Sam Merrill on the impact Donovan Mitchell had on his career You're not going to find a guy more happy for him than I amFrom the G-League

Mike Brown when asked if hes encountered a leader like Jalen BrunsonTim Duncan and Steph Curry

Adam Silver on Wemby He's a huge personality I've enjoyed getting to know him Players come along every once in a while having this incredible skill love the promotional side of it and want to play that role for the league His highlights were blowing up the Internet before coming into the NBA

Sam Presti I'm more or less made a career from listening to people much smarter than meHe lists people he learned from Steve Kerr Stephon Jackson Malik Rose Manu Ginobili Kendrick Perkins Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Masai Ujiri on fans' feelings moving on from the Luka trade and building around Cooper Flagg In Africa we say when kings go kings come And a king went and we have a little prince here that we're gonna turn into a king