Former Suns front office Amin Elhassan on Ayton You wish you were Capella and the Lakers wish you were too The tiger doesn't change his stripes he just changes jungles Guys are who they are particularly if they've always been rewarded for who they are

Almanza Cason Wallace today when asked about potentially matching up with LeBron James - I'm putting my best foot forward no matter who it is Good player Been here for a while But doesn't change what I do

Sam Presti In this job as a leader what you want to do is build teams that you wish you could have been a part of and I feel that way about this era of the Thunder

Sam Presti I'm more or less made a career from listening to people much smarter than meHe lists people he learned from Steve Kerr Stephon Jackson Malik Rose Manu Ginobili Kendrick Perkins Chris Paul and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander answers LeBron James with a step back corner 3 in Ayton's face with a replay

Sam Presti isn't worried about Chet Holmgren If you go back and look at some of the greatest players of the game they all have these moments where they run into defeat or struggle That's what makes them great players is that they're able to continue to move on from that and improve

Sam Presti We hear all the time about things people don't like about the NBA which are inaccurate but they are narratives that exist on the alternative realityHe then continues to beautifully break down those narratives and show they aren't true Including narratives about SGA