Windhorst The most important thing in the NBA this Summer is Luka Doncic whether he extends or not That frames so much of what the Lakers and frankly the whole league will do

Windhorst The Cleveland Cavaliers are signaling that they are willing to move away from their core-4 in large part because there are legitimate worries that Donovan Mitchell will not extend with the franchise this Summer

Windhorst on why Cleveland is doing the Harden deal The key here is that the Cavs are moving away from believing in the Core 4 and I think the genesis of this is because they're worried that Donovan is not going to re-sign this summer

Windhorst The key here is that the Cavs are moving away from believing in the Core 4 and I think the genesis of this is because they're worried that Donovan is not going to re-sign this summer

Brian Windhorst Cooper Flagg could end up being a better player and a better franchise leader than Luka Doni

Mannix The Lakers believe they can succeed with a backcourt of Luka Doncic and Austin Reaves if they can get the right type of players in the front court They are looking to build a Dallas 20 type roster similar to what Luka had when he went to the NBA Finals

Windhorst on Luka complaining after the Celtics won Game 3 of the finals If Luka is ever going to be a winner he's going to have to use the finals as a learning experience He is costing his team because of how he treats the officials