Windhorst Rival Execs If you want to ever have a dream of prying Jokic out of DEN you've got to be happy that they used their last big trade chip I had somebody say to me if you're the Lakers you'd love seeing that because that means that you're not helping Jokic with like a bona fide star

Zach Lowe The Clippers are somewhere beyond fucked As recently as yesterday a front office exec from another team said 'Hey the Clippers are quietly positioning themselves in case Jokic wants to leave Denver with lots of cap space and LA and all that' Forget that This team is dead

Windhorst The Clippers were guilty of the same thing that the Nets were They had little brother syndrome They were so focused on not being the little brother anymore that they took way too big of gambles both teams were chasing The Lakers Knicks

Jokic talks about which defenders give him the most trouble

Brian Windhorst with an interesting mention about Domantas Sabonis This last year Mintz executed the trade for Trae Young away from Atlanta Walker Kessler trade away from Utah And Sabonis just hired him He wants to get out of SAC - WindhorstESPN via TheHoopCollective

Nikola Jokic credits Jameer Nelson and Wilson Chandler as role models for his work ethic

Michael Porter Jr reacts to hearing the Lakers roster Yeah I don't like that roster Might be solid but I don't see them winning a chip