DeMarcus Cousins believes that Zion Williamson was set up to fail by being drafted to a city like New Orleans To put that kid in that situation and expect him to thrive in it that was the first mistake

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 Simmons It's just never worked in New Orleans and I am not sure they should have an NBA team I feel way differently about Portlandeven Memphis which you mentioned earlier

Knicks Film School Deuce McBride on winning in the NBA I think if more guys bought in and understood their role the NBA would look a lot differentHonestly I think its the NBAs fault because we reward guys that dont win We reward guys that lose and pay guys that lose truthfully

Joe Lacob I do not view Jonathan Kuminga as a mistake I think we may have made some mistakes in how we handled it how he handled it but he's an NBA player and played in the playoffs and did really well This isn't a mistake at the 7th pick There were 7th picks that are out of the League

Willie Cauley-Stein says the Kings told him he would get an 80000000 contract if he averaged a double-double but then kept him out of fourth quarters so he couldnt reach it - via Run Your Race Podcast

Rich Paul says LeBron referencing trusting the process was a bad thing for the 76ers chances Thats a negative thing That motto wasnt a positive thing for the organization thats the worst thing you could doWheres the value in that