Magic Johnson: Quit making this about thinking these guys are babies, because thats what youre treating them like. Theyre professionals. All of them.

Mike Conley cracks a small joke about Joe Mazzulla being crazy Mazulla makes eye contact with him and Conley's self-preservation instincts kick in as he adjusts his statement and clarifies that Joe Mazzulla is definitely totally not crazy repeating it several times for clarity

Jayson Tatum on Jaylen Brown For me I love that guy You cant talk about him without talking about me and vice versa Unfortunately the business of basketball is always going to play a part Nobody has ever played together forever

Laker Legend Byron Scott says Lakers are pretenders Defense wins championships still in this league At the end of the day you got to get stops right Kessler at the center position he better average about 8 blocks a game because they're going to be getting a lot of blow-bys

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

Michael Jordan coaching up Lisa Leslie

The time Mark Jackson and Reggie Miller found Larry Bird smoking Newports in the showers before a Pacers game