David Griffin on the Rockets' additions: "I don't like the fit of their pieces for a few reasons ... Every time you radically change what you're about in pursuit of beating GS, you actually get further away. ... I think that team actually may have tak

Harden explains why he never won a championship First Houston years we weren't good enough Then we had a chance CP gets hurt and Warriors were a real dynasty with KD In Brooklyn and Philly I sacrificed money and being the top scorer in order to win a championship and it was for nothing

Kenny Atkinson James Harden is a good isolation defender I was a little more upset with our back line defense Everybody's putting it on James Sure some of it was him Sometimes micro experiences get exaggerated

Dray rips Cavs defensive effort Guys don't want the challenge to fight through screens and switch every fucking time Ain't Harden's job to guard Brunson but for some of the guys switching off it is their job Nobody's doing that to Steph because we weren't gonna allow it

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

Draymond Green on the Cleveland Cavaliers When Dennis Schrder left the game things got a little bleak Because you got guys in there that dont really want that challenge they dont want to fight through the screen and say thats my matchup I want to stop this guy They dont do it

James Harden was asked to self-assess his playoff run I think I did pretty good you know like I dont grade myself on shotmaking Defensively been extremely solid offensively you know getting guys shots and fitting into a system that was already in place