Nico on why Dumont laughed when he suggested trading Luka-It wasnt really a laugh it was more of a chuckle We're a very process oriented organization and everything we do is without emotion He eventually saw the vision

Exactly 1 year ago today Nico makes monumental call to D'Lo It's about to be a problem

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

Buha I spoke with several Lakers people this weekend more often than not there was an acknowledgment that we might have taken a slight step back this season but this is about the longer-term vision here with building this core from the ground up around Luka and Austin

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'

Vlade Divac on why he didn't draft Luka I already had Fox who I had a good relationship with so I would have to trade him The small market was a perfect fit for Fox Luka is a big market player if I get him I may lose him down the road

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