Jazz coach Will Hardy Part of my job is to fight for our players when our best player gets drilled to the floor I have no problem losing my mind That's part of my responsibility

Jones Athletic's Jazz reporter on Kessler He's one of the 4 or 5 best rim protectors in the league He affects winning I think he can be another Rudy Gobert He's good enough defensively that he can be a walking top-10 defense He's a guy who can one day win a Defensive Player of the Year award

Josh Hart admits it was tough developing his jumpshot under Tom Thibodeau due to playing 40 minutes fatigue practicing

Josh Hart on not playing some 4th quarters and his reduced minutes in the regular season I definitely didn't see the bigger picture in those moments There was moments when I went home and I'm like 'Damn Am I ass Do I suck as a basketball player' There was a lot of those moments

As a first-time NBA coach I am going to lean on him in a lot of areas - Dusty May on Kyrie Irving

Jase Richardson postgame interview on the court after the 99-92 win against the Philadelphia 76ersHe took responsibility for his mistakes at the end of the game which led to a late run by the 76ers which almost cost his team the game

Butler on new rookie Yaxel Lendeborg I know that guy be speaking his mind I like that He plays tough He is tough I bet he plays dominos too Im gonna have to crack his head in that