Mark Williams You go from getting traded thinking you're going to LA and then they choose to fail me on my physical I don't know if for them it was about what they gave up or what went into that reasoning but I don't think it was solely because of my physical

Josh Hart references the Mikal Bridges trade that sent out four unprotected first-round picks and two first-round picks swaps Forget them picks

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

LeBron on the loss to OKC We were not out worked They didnt out physical us They didnt outsmart us I feel like we were just out talented you know by OKC They just possess so much more talent

Pelinka What did those teams Detroit San Antonio and OKC have to go through to build through the draft Multiple seasons of losses and that is just not part of our infrastructure here As much as some of us might want it to be that way its not the Lakers way

LeBron James I'm not looking at my year as a disappointment that's for damn sure I was put into positions I never played in my career before actually in my life I've never been a 3rd option in my life

Brendan Haywood I tell you another thing in Miami that was a microaggression that Pat Riley did LeBron wanted Rich Paul Maverick Randy and Lynn Merritt He wanted their season tickets to be right beside the Heat bench They were right beside the bench but it was the other team's bench