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

Sam Presti If there is one thing I'm a little frustrated about besides not winning the final quarter of the season is I think we lost out on a lot of team development

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

Adam Silver In terms of tanking theres no question that what we saw this season was unprecedented Fans in particular cities and even media were rooting for their teams to tank We had to respond not just to the narrative but to misalignment of incentives once it was an accepted practice

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 Theres no silver platters in Oklahoma City We dont expect to be given anything we dont expect to unfold favorably as some teams in some cities are accustomed to Every year our goal is to repeat a process not chase an outcome

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