Alex Caruso on TNT when asked about defending a star player and if he prefers a jumper or drive Depends how your team is built too I played in Chicago and the last couple years we didn't have the best rim protection like I did when I was in LA

Laker Legend Byron Scott says Lakers are pretenders Defense wins championships still in this league At the end of the day you got to get stops right Kessler at the center position he better average about 8 blocks a game because they're going to be getting a lot of blow-bys

Jokic talks about which defenders give him the most trouble

Norman Powell When I was with the Clippers Brian Shaw has this thing whoever airballs has to run down and back When Kawhi shot an airball in practice he tried to do that well wait with him and hes like Im not running down and back man Ill probably airball again

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

Zach Lowe Joe House Chris Ryan draft their 15 favorite NBA Champs since 2000 Lowe asks why there was no love for the Kobe-Pau teams who went undrafted Ryan says You probably should have had a Californian on this podcast to balance the east coast lean of the panel Lowe responds Like Bill

Simmons Who's playing defense on this Heat teamLowe Giannis Bam Davion Mitchell Andrew WigginsSimmons Who's guarding Jayson TatumLowe Andrew WigginsSimmons Andrew Wiggins did guard Jayson Tatum really well 4 years ago Welcome to the Play-In