Pat Bev There's ways to operate your team wo over-managing or over-coaching It was bad for Westbrook to come off the bench He was the heartbeat of the team Things just weren't used right The decision to bench him wasn't even cause of production it was cause of what LA and the media was saying

JR Smith on Westbrook's tenure with LebronLakers I understand what Westbrook was going through Seeing people around who are supposed to be the closest to you your teammates and organization kind of flip on you and then the fanbase its really tough

Pat Bev says there are NBA superstars who couldnt play basketball in Europe I really mean that They simply couldn't Because the adaptation is completely different The coach controls everything It's almost like a college team made up of adults The team comes before every individual

Kwame Brown blames LeBron James for destroying Russell Westbrook and hurting the development of Dalton Knetch for his son Bronny James He also predicts something similar will happen with Joel Embiid if he fails to play 70 games this season and with VJ Edgecombe

Bill Russell One thing I have a quarrel with is that I had better players I personally worked with them to make them better players I did things physically emotionally and intellectually to make my teammates better players They took advantage of the situation that was part of my creation

CP3 on the Clippers waiving him mid season One of the most disrespectful things that Ive endured Just because of the investment we made in the team for as long as we have and to see the way stuff was handled What it lets you know is that no matter what you do or what youve done nobody cares

Rafael and Ime have talked about wanting to get your minutes down at points this season-Kevin Durant Why I'm better on the court The team is better when I'm on the court That's what I'm supposed to be training for is to play the long haul 48 minutes a night If the game needs me to be out