Kendrick Perkins A Donovan Mitchell led team has never been to a conference finalsWhen you're trying to make a deep run in the postseason the only thing that matters is that locker room You've gotta have that dawg mentality and you've gotta want it

2 Pick Darryn Peterson Wants To Bring a Championship To Utah Right Away Try to get a ring I seen a lot of rookies get deep in the playoffs which inspired me They came up short but I wanna get all the way in and get a ring

During the Knicks' title run Mike Brown showed the team footage of their 2025 ECF loss to the Pacers to remind the players what they felt like losing that way Brown credits the messaging to Dillon Jones and OKC who did something similar after losing in the 2nd round as the 1 seed in 2024

Pat Riley on LeBron James I hope Im not talking out of both sides of my mouth here but You never know that youre going to win a title until you win one But youll never win one if you dont have the talent and the coaching to do it He knows what he wants He knows what he has to do

Draymond Green says he would rather miss the Playoffs with the Warriors than chase a Championship somewhere else Id rather struggle with the same guys I succeeded with

SNY Mitchell Robinson says winning the NBA Finals is a dream come true I've been here when we have won 17 games when we won 60 games and to finally be able to get it done in 2026 with the journey that I've been on and the team it's amazing

Overtime Mitchell's pitch to LeBron I mean its home weve done it once lets do it again simple as that