Nash on player development It's pay to play in the States Capitalism is wonderful not great for player development In Europe to play is free You go to your local club it's subsidized by that community everyone is there long term to develop Here it's been totally commercialized

Jose Alvarado calls out players who rely on athleticism to make it to the NBA but dont really love the game of basketball

Zohran Mamdani when asked about the high cost of Knicks playoff tickets vs Atlanta I would say that I blame Trae Young and I think it's always important to blame Trae Young

Stephen Curry says NBA players are underpaid

Adam Silver In terms of tanking theres no question that what we saw this season was unprecedented Fans in particular cities and even media were rooting for their teams to tank We had to respond not just to the narrative but to misalignment of incentives once it was an accepted practice

Brad Stevens today - There were a lot of teams in the NBA playing for draft positioning this year And that won't be the case next year The league is gonna be a lot better the regular seasons gonna be a lot harder

Elhassan On cheap owners former Suns owner saw Dantoni only played 7 to 8 guys wanted to only keep that many people on the roster asked why coaches couldn't be extra bodies for 5 on 5 practice Refused 100k to upgrade from Best Buy hard drives to an enterprise server system