Joe Dumars Head of Basketball Operations New Orleans Pelicans We start losing the same way over and over again That's not improvement We have to establish that we are going to play hard every night It was that judgement more than identity the offense the defense the WL record

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

Donovan Mitchell on the Detroit Pistons I think thing we saw is the bigs were so lifted Unfortunately it took seven games for us to figure it out It starts with me being the aggressor

Anthony Davis on joining the Wizards When you get into the organization and see how great it is the owner and DC are amazing We are a very bad basketball team for sure On the flip side I think it's very tough to go from a bad team to a contender It takes a couple of years

LeBron postgame when asked about Lakers offensive issues - Where are the offensive issues coming from We have a guy that averaged 37 a game There's the issues right there

Brunson talks belief in Knicks through rough patches of the season I see these guys every single day You guys only see the finished product Obviously there's ups and downs That's basketball That's sports That's life It's all about how you move on and how you move in a positive direction

James Harden on losing 2 straight to the Raptors Other than the 4th quarter of game 3 I think the 7 quarters we been here we been playing well Weve had leads and opportunities to go up and we just didnt do it Its not like theyre doing something crazy