Less than 12 hours after the Wizards blew a 35 point lead to the Clippers, Bradley Beal explains whats wrong with the team: "A lot of my teammates are fighting for minutes , for survival. Trying to stay in the league. It's tough to manage that because eve

Anthony Davis on joining the Wizards When you get into the organization and see how great it is the owner and DC are amazing We are a very bad basketball team for sure On the flip side I think it's very tough to go from a bad team to a contender It takes a couple of years

Adam Silver We've been addressing load management over the last several seasons Were down 30 this season in terms of single game absences by star players Its not even clear that load management works We have more injuries at the beginning and after All-Star break than late in the season

Shai Gilgeous-Alexander hits a 3-pointer the Spurs call a timeout early in the 2nd half and Victor Wembanyama gathers his teammates trying to act as a leader and inspire them

Reporters ask Brunson about his reduced on ball role in the offense since going down 2-1 to ATL Some stars might push back they're used to having the ball in their hands They might take it as a slight It doesn't sound like you did Why was that Brunson One I'm not a star two I want to win

Bobby Portis says Bucks players cant even have conversations right now with each other because the future of Giannis is so blurry Its hard for us right now to have a conversation when the future is so blurry The owner said by the draft theyre going to do something with Giannis

Banchero on why the Magic didn't have a go-to play to run during their drought This series has been a slugfest so I wish I had some complex answer about what action or whatever ball movement but sometimes the game just goes that way We had a very bad drought tonight no point in dwelling now