David Adelman on Nikola Jokic drawing up plays We were trying to give them a little more leeway to let them communicate and talk first I talked about it before the game You have to be ok with criticism from your teammates

Wolves GM Tim Connelly on Ant's feedback in potential roster moves There's been countless things we could have done When you go to your leaders like Ant and you say 'It takes get this to get that' the conviction he has in our guys is evident when he says 'No we're not trading this guy'

Nikola Jokic at Serbia practice shootaround

Mike Dunleavy says he was trying to use the full clock to hear all trade offers Joe Lacob was like 'Come on let's go ahead and pick the guy' And I said 'Joe we have time They give you five minutes' He was just getting a little anxious about us taking Yaxel I was willing to be patient

Nikola Jokic Spotted Looking Fit and Putting Up 3 Point Shots

Sports Illustrated Interviewer to Jalen Brunson I saw something online they were saying Dallas Nico they fumbled the two of you Luka Jalen JB Well they made decisions And I'll leave it at that They made their decisions

Two days ago a reporter asked Timberwolves GM Tim Connelly how the team could improve its ballhandling and playmaking without a point guard and if the team would have to do it collectively Connelly responded Well you can acquire a point guard certainly and laughed