Russ on his tough shooting night: My approach never changes. Like I said, scoring the basketball is not the only thing I can do. Im the best rebounder at my position, the best passer at my position, the best defender at my position. I can do everything, a

Bill Russell One thing I have a quarrel with is that I had better players I personally worked with them to make them better players I did things physically emotionally and intellectually to make my teammates better players They took advantage of the situation that was part of my creation

Simmons Last 20 years just talking about peaks Curry Kobe Wade SGA Hardenthere's 5 that were better than Russ CP3 Nash Brunsondo you consider Luka a guard That's 9 Russ is probably 10th all 9 of those guys I think could have been the best guy on a title team or close

Basketball University Austin Reaves is one of the best paint scorers in the NBA period Ruthless getting downhill High foul draw rate Insane finisher Soft touch bag of counters when he cant get all the way to the rack Premium grade paint bucket

Rafael and Ime have talked about wanting to get your minutes down at points this season-Kevin Durant Why I'm better on the court The team is better when I'm on the court That's what I'm supposed to be training for is to play the long haul 48 minutes a night If the game needs me to be out

Pascal Siakam You can't make your name off playing cool basketball Like you can't You gotta be a dog There's nothing elseThere's no pretty basketball that's going to get you anywhere here On our team no way We got enough pretty mother fers that can do all this shit

Lakers Legend Byron Scott Luka in particular of making 2nd 3rd efforts It's OK to be a guy that's not a very good defensive player 1 on 1 but you got to be a better team defensive player If you look at the roster they can score but me and you both know that don't win Championships