Get yourself a teammate like Kuz

Kendrick Perkins A Donovan Mitchell led team has never been to a conference finalsWhen you're trying to make a deep run in the postseason the only thing that matters is that locker room You've gotta have that dawg mentality and you've gotta want it

Masai Ujiri Youve got Wembanyama Luka Shai Anthony Edwards and Nikola Jokic all for the next 7-15 years Okay now you have to convince me that I have to beat all those guys You gotta come with something in your pocket okay and in his pocket he had Cooper Flagg

James Harden We gotta do a better job as a team its not a one-man job in regards to defending Jalen Brunson

Q Does a team need like a clear cut leader Jamal Murray Don't we have leaders We have leaders I just didn't show up tonight The leader's gotta show up

Naz Reid on what separates MIN from OKCSAS Just the moodiness Both of those teams they're playing for one another excited to be on the floor with one another they're selfless we have more than enough talent just need to be less moody and more selfless

Kenny Atkinson on Donovan Mitchell He was better than Donovan Mitchell is that possible He kept this thing together this year when things weren't going great -- the beacon the light the leadership