Danny Ainge: "There's always risk in making deals. We're not afraid of risk. We made a risk by trading for Kyrie. No matter what happens with Kyrie, I'll never regret that. Just move on to the next deal."

Brad Stevens on trading Jaylen Brown for Paul George Its something that you have to just say do you think where we currently are will get us to where we ultimately want to go If not does it make sense to explore other pathways even if that could be very tough in the near term

Celtics owner Bill Chisholm on the Jaylen Brown trade I truly believe we have the best front office in the NBA But man as a fan that was tough I really needed to be convinced to take the fan passion out of it because I'm a super fan

Mike Wilbon in January of 2026 talks about hearing early rumblings that the Celtics might have to break up Tatum and Brown months before the trade happened

Jason Kidd on if he brings up the 2011 finals to LeBron Nah I would never bring that up He would bring it up That we got lucky And I agreed with him

Thaddeus Young says even though the Clippers lost 5 draft picks theyre still not in a bad positionBecause they made three trades before this actually happened Which makes me believe also they knew something was coming

Dwyane Wade on LeBron James signing with 76ers How can I say this without saying it too much I don't want to say too much I dont think weve seen the end of what this move is I think its more to this move And so Ill just leave it at that