Jim Boylen on if he should have brought back the starters soon: Im going to develop this team. I got 15 guys to develop and Im going to play them in those moments and theyre going to learn how to play winning basketball. I never yanked guys. I never done

State of the Game Jaylen Brown said he used fan support years ago to start again despite the fact that Brad Stevens preferred Gordon Hayward Once you get the people talking about it the front office is going to start making decisions

Mike Dunleavy says he was trying to use the full clock to hear all trade offers Joe Lacob was like 'Come on let's go ahead and pick the guy' And I said 'Joe we have time They give you five minutes' He was just getting a little anxious about us taking Yaxel I was willing to be patient

Mitch Johnson We needed to continue to play the brand of basketball regardless of the outcome or the score

Walt Fraizer Thibs never believed in developing the bench and eventually that cost him his job

Two days ago a reporter asked Timberwolves GM Tim Connelly how the team could improve its ballhandling and playmaking without a point guard and if the team would have to do it collectively Connelly responded Well you can acquire a point guard certainly and laughed

Donovan Mitchell on if he wants the team to run it back next season I have no doubt that this group can get there You just use this as a learning lesson