Daryl Morey The big move was with Jared Because we're playing well we were trying to upgrade the team and add to the team now We understand that we were looking to add now and nothing materialized

Brad Stevens on why he traded Jaylen Brown The path looked a little bit more challenging to me with 70 of our cap and such a high usage into two players and the reality in this era and in this day and age in the NBA you have to do a great job in building depth

Two days ago a reporter asked Timberwolves GM Tim Connelly how the team could improve its ballhandling and playmaking without a point guard and if the team would have to do it collectively Connelly responded Well you can acquire a point guard certainly and laughed

DLLS Mavs Marc Stein Detroit needs a shooter Detroit is one of the teams that has inquired about Kyrie but the Mavericks have put the message out there that Kyrie is not available So the Pistons are looking at other options Tyler Herro Coby White Isaiah Joe

Harden explains why he never won a championship First Houston years we weren't good enough Then we had a chance CP gets hurt and Warriors were a real dynasty with KD In Brooklyn and Philly I sacrificed money and being the top scorer in order to win a championship and it was for nothing

McMenamin Their 76ers pursuit of LeBron has not slowed down It's being led by Tyrese Maxey who's called LeBron a big brother before Joel Embiid has also been in touch with LeBron Jaylen Brown has also been in touch with LeBron I'm told

Haynes This was the Celtics super move and they feel really good about how they positioned themselves