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

Pelinka What did those teams Detroit San Antonio and OKC have to go through to build through the draft Multiple seasons of losses and that is just not part of our infrastructure here As much as some of us might want it to be that way its not the Lakers way

Jaylen Brown in April about Knicks matchup This year's a different story We might matchup with the Knicks again we gotta be ready to slide we gotta spin the block we gotta run it back The Boston Celtics went on to lose a 3-1 lead at home to Philly and will not slide or spin the block on NY

State of the Game Jaylen Brown said he used fan support years ago to start again despite the fact that Brad Stevens preferred Gordon Hayward Once you get the people talking about it the front office is going to start making decisions

Adam Silver We've been addressing load management over the last several seasons Were down 30 this season in terms of single game absences by star players Its not even clear that load management works We have more injuries at the beginning and after All-Star break than late in the season

Charania I do know a lot of teams are calling LeBron and his camp I spoke to Rich Paul last week and he told me every contender in the NBA has essentially placed a call since the season ended

Tim Connelly on San Antonio and Oklahoma City changing the equation for what winning the Western Conference looks like going forwardI think the equation changes when you see the two teams playing in the Western Conference right now and how good they are We got smacked by Oklahoma City last year