Ernie Did you expect Detroit to have the best record in the East Chuck I thought they would be - they were almost there last year so I thought they'd be in the top - right at the top yes Ernie They were sixth last year Chuck No but they were gonna get better is my point

Jalen Duren in April after the Detroit Pistons clinched the 1 seed in the East The East runs through Detroit

With the game extremely out of hand ESPN interviews Clyde Frazier on his thoughts on the Hawks' season and playoff inexperience along with Knicks' next round matchups You had a good season Just work on your weaknesses next year Hawks will be better next year

Sam Vecenie I was talking to a 1 in a front office and the thing they brought up to me about why they're okay with the lottery change was It's not that difficult to go from really bad to average it's really difficult to go from good to great In theory this makes that easier

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

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

SiriusXM NBA Radio If it were the other way around I think Jayson Tatum and the Celtics would've been first in the East and I think they would've made it out that game 7 - Evan Turner on how the Celtics wouldve looked with Jayson Tatum leading instead of Jaylen Brown