Harden on Lillardplayer empowerment I wouldn't want an org to send someone somewhere they wouldn't want to be bc you've built a real relationship w that person He has done so many great things for your franchise But then you don't want to give away that player for nothing I get both sides

Harden explains why he never won a championship First Houston years we weren't good enough Then we had a chance CP gets hurt and Warriors were a real dynasty with KD In Brooklyn and Philly I sacrificed money and being the top scorer in order to win a championship and it was for nothing

Sam Presti In this job as a leader what you want to do is build teams that you wish you could have been a part of and I feel that way about this era of the Thunder

Wolves GM Tim Connelly on Ant's feedback in potential roster moves There's been countless things we could have done When you go to your leaders like Ant and you say 'It takes get this to get that' the conviction he has in our guys is evident when he says 'No we're not trading this guy'

Bill Simmons Pod Doc Rivers on James Harden James doesn't give everybody else enough room to be great he is the only one that can be great on his team

Durant On Leaving OKC It was a basketball decision but I knocked down the not giving a fuck ladder with that too I thought that was just a no brainer I would do that shit a million times

Rich Paul On LeBron James not wanting to be a third option on the Lakers behind Luka and Austin When the coach asks you to do something and play a certain way he doesn't know how to buck Obviously I'm not the third option But if this is what I'm being asked to do then I'm going to do that