Steve Clifford during pregame media availability yesterday The NBA is full of all these guys they play cause we drafted them 6th 7th 8th and we don't want to say 'Gee we might've made a mistake' and by the time they're 23 they're gone and two more coaches got fired

Howard Beck on Bams 83 A few quotes that I got in conversations with NBA coaches via text These are snippets Total bullshit Bush league Heat Culture is no more Washington should have knocked him on his ass and unfair to Wizards and Keefe meaning the coach Brian Keefe Like embarrassing

Mindaugas Kuzminskas There is no pressure in the NBAin NBA you lose 6 in a row coach comes to locker room and goes 'guys we're in a good way keep positive' blah blah blah In Europe if you lose 6 games in a row might get fired you know

Stan Van Gundy We have to remove any incentive to losing I'd get rid of the draft If you want to go give Cooper Flagg 45Myear coming out of college do it he's a free agent The other thing let's take out the individual max You'd take those top 30 players and spread them around the league

Stan Van Gundy Id get rid of the draft No draft You still have the salary cap if you want to go give Cooper Flagg 45 million a year coming out of college do it hes a free agent Everybody coming out is a free agent With no draft theres no incentive to lose theres none at all

San Antonio Spurs head coach when asked how he imagines it is for the Brooklyn Nets having to develop five rookies at once Its hard to ask a 19-year-old to help another 19-year-old Its like asking a bunch of kids learning how to swim to make sure the other one doesnt drown

Nick Nurse shouting at the refs about OKC They are NOT perfect They are not perfect They foul too They foul too though