Chauncey Billups says he struggles with the fact that Rudy Gobert is a 4x Defensive Player of the Year yet teams are still purposely attacking him in the playoffs We attacked Rudy all series you dont just attack great defensive players you try to go away from them

Jokic talks about which defenders give him the most trouble

The Minnesota Timberwolves smothering defense that held the Denver Nuggets to 35 points at half and a 26 point deficit without Rudy Gobert May 6 2024

Lakers Legend Byron Scott Luka in particular of making 2nd 3rd efforts It's OK to be a guy that's not a very good defensive player 1 on 1 but you got to be a better team defensive player If you look at the roster they can score but me and you both know that don't win Championships

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

Chris Paul bullies Ivica Zubac and then bullies him again

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