Windhorst It's very possible Cooper Flagg could end up being a better player and a better franchise leader than Luka Doni What he can do at both ends of the court elevates his entire team

Masai Ujiri Youve got Wembanyama Luka Shai Anthony Edwards and Nikola Jokic all for the next 7-15 years Okay now you have to convince me that I have to beat all those guys You gotta come with something in your pocket okay and in his pocket he had Cooper Flagg

Skip Bayless The Lakers are a better both ends of the floor basketball team without Luka

Masai Ujiri on fans' feelings moving on from the Luka trade and building around Cooper Flagg In Africa we say when kings go kings come And a king went and we have a little prince here that we're gonna turn into a king

Skip Bayless I just think the Lakers are a better basketball team on both ends of the floor without Luka LeBron has far less ego than Luka Luka is the most inefficient player in the league

He might be the best player in the history of the NBA - Stan Van Gundy on Nikola Jokic at the start of this season

Windhorst Hes only worth 30M instead of 50M youre not getting that from LeBron James LeBron James doesnt believe in that and I dont expect him to accept that If youre the Lakers and if you force LeBron to leave hell go somewhere else and play for less money