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

Josh Hart on what he thought when James Dolan said the Knicks must get to the NBA Finals this seasonWe better do it or we're going to get traded

Pelinka What did those teams Detroit San Antonio and OKC have to go through to build through the draft Multiple seasons of losses and that is just not part of our infrastructure here As much as some of us might want it to be that way its not the Lakers way

Sam Presti Theres no silver platters in Oklahoma City We dont expect to be given anything we dont expect to unfold favorably as some teams in some cities are accustomed to Every year our goal is to repeat a process not chase an outcome

Josh Hart is asked if the Knicks winning 10 straight playoff games feels surrealNah We don't think about it that way We're 1-0 today Monday we're 0-0 We're far from our goal

Jeremiah Fears responds to AJ Dybantsa's comments about Pelicans having a bad record That's cause we had no bigs

Josh Hart references the Mikal Bridges trade that sent out four unprotected first-round picks and two first-round picks swaps Forget them picks