McMenamin I spoke to Rich PaulHe wanted to make it clear that the Lakers weren't blindsided by his statement or the decision to opt in The Lakers were operating under an assumption that Lebron would be opting in Klutch and Lebron James didn't ask for an extension

Rockets James Harden on the attention hes seeing: The whole season theyre running doubles teams at me. Ive never seen that in an NBA game where youve got really good defenders &amp someone else running at the top of the key. Yall let me know the last time

Kendrick Perkins From my sources the Suns have a 2-year 121 million extension waiting on Jimmy Kevin Durant wants Jimmy Butler and if he does get Jimmy Butler they'll both gonna sign contract extensions

Former Lakers head trainer Gary Vitti : Theres really nothing that special about Kobe Bryant, but he worked smarter and harder than everyone else.

Ron Holland and Jordan Clarkson get ejected for squaring up following an exchange between Clarkson and Paul Reed