Joel Embiid on playing on a minutes restriction The longer I sit the shorter stints you play 2-3 minutes and you gotta get out that's really nothing I might as well just stay home and be with my family Longer stints you're able to let the game come to you I trust them until I'm over it

Rafael and Ime have talked about wanting to get your minutes down at points this season-Kevin Durant Why I'm better on the court The team is better when I'm on the court That's what I'm supposed to be training for is to play the long haul 48 minutes a night If the game needs me to be out

Steven Adams on his rehab process Yeah it was a bloody ankle injury there are a lot of bones out there mate you know what I meanIt's a bit complicated It's good just to be back out there on the court it's been a while the rehab is long and grueling You know you have to reteach the body

Kwame Brown blames LeBron James for destroying Russell Westbrook and hurting the development of Dalton Knetch for his son Bronny James He also predicts something similar will happen with Joel Embiid if he fails to play 70 games this season and with VJ Edgecombe

Marcus Smart on playing with Kevin Durant I get to be on the other side of him taking the shots and not taking the shots over mehis ability to make shots it doesn't matter who's there And it also doesn't help that he's close to seven foot and I'm close to six foot

Fred VanVleet on the process and adjustments required of him after recovering from ACL injury returning to full game shape and getting his body ready for NBA speedI'm not a game-speed workout guy I don't even go that fast in the games

Doug McDermott pulls off his practice jersey and spots up in the corner during the middle of play after the Spurs start the 4th quarter with only 4 players on the court