Doc Rivers: "Because what we come through (as the Clippers) to fall down and back on Steve Ballmer is the greatest stroke of luck in team sports history. He's not a blank check but hes willing to spend if he thinks it's going to help. I never been in a si

Mikel Brown Jr shakes hands with Clippers governor Steve Ballmer after his Pro Day The LA Clippers own the 5th overall pick in the 2026 NBA Draft

Bill Simmons Pod Doc Rivers on James Harden James doesn't give everybody else enough room to be great he is the only one that can be great on his team

Rob Pelinka on LeBron We probably haven't seen a player that has honored the game to the extent that he's honored the game He's given so much to his teammates to this organization The thing we want to do more than anything else is to honor him back

Kenny Atkinson praised the owner saying Dan Gilbert enlightened him by prophetically reminding him that Jarrett Allen is the key to everything

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

JJ Redick when asked how close the Lakers are to competiting for titles - That's what we gotta figure out this offseason Proceeds to praise his players on how they handled the season individually and collectively