Frank Vogel: "Everyone needs to stop looking at the Nets as the 15th team in the East or whatever they were the last couple years. They're a much improved team and they're hard to guard."

76ers GM Daryl Morey on the improvements made by other Eastern Conference teams Folks have speculated on the improvements of our East competitors I don't see it personally There weren't any needle movers in my opinion Zubac is now on Indiana Harden is in Cleveland Vucevic is in Boston

SGA gives his thoughts on the New York Knicks after tonights game Theyre obviously the top of the East for a reason

Darly Morey We like our chances in the East We feel like we're in the mix with the top teams there obviously we gotta prove that on the court Folks have speculated on the improvements of our East competitors I don't see it There weren't any needle-movers in my opinion

The Nets lock down on defense on Detroit to maintain the lead

Nikola Joki says in Serbian that the Knicks are a top-3 team in the league along with Detroit and OKC No doubt about that

Windhorst on why Cleveland is doing the Harden deal The key here is that the Cavs are moving away from believing in the Core 4 and I think the genesis of this is because they're worried that Donovan is not going to re-sign this summer