Kobe on first 3 years of not playing and sitting on the bench: "I'm not playing.. It still pisses me off to this day because ultimately, what numbers would you have put up" Stephen Jackson: "That's 3,500 / 4,000 more points."

Stephen A Smith on Nets/Kyrie situation: "Its a damn shame because now you might lose James Harden, because Daryl Morey is lurking in Philadelphia. Dont think for 1 second that Daryl Morey isnt trying to get his hands on James Harden. Im telling you what

Kobe on getting benched: Del Harris and I joke about it a lot, because he really didn't play me much. When he came to LA as the Mavs coach, I said, "Ah yeah, he's gonna have to pay for that." And he said, "Kobe, that was in 1997, man!" Nah, I can't let th

Context of Harden's I'm not a system player I'm a system quote Sounds like he's praising Ty Lue's willingness to make adjustments mid-game over Doc Rivers Also adds I don't really care about scoring the basketball Scoring 34 points I've done that already

Post Game Thread The Indiana Pacers3-4 defeat the Brooklyn Nets1-5 125-116 led by Benedict Mathurin's 32 points off the bench