Despite trading the Pelicans unprotected pick Joe Dumars says he wont set playoff expectations No I've not put that expectation on anyoneit wasn't like 'okay we made this trade I expect to make the playoffs' That's shortsighted to me

Ace Bailey when asked about his expectations for the Jazz next season I don't know I'm still trying to finish this one out Really just dialed in on this season When somebody said we were 70 games in I was like what

Lakers GM Rob Pelinka on the trade deadline I would say we were aggressive And one form of being aggressive is saying no thats like being aggressive even though you end up doing nothing because its hard to say no sometimes to getting a good player

Hoop Collective Tim Bontemps slams Bulls GM over trade deadline mismanagement

76ers GM Daryl Morey on the improvements made by other Eastern Conference teams Folks have speculated on the improvements of our East competitors I don't see it personally There weren't any needle movers in my opinion Zubac is now on Indiana Harden is in Cleveland Vucevic is in Boston

Jay Williams says GMs should be extremely concerned about Darryn Peterson and that he would draft AJ Dybantsa over him I don't feel like he really wants to be there

NBA journalist Brian Windhorst claims he wont be talking about tanking anymore because he doesn't want to ruin any relationships