Dave McMenamin I am convinced that the Lakers will make a trade or trades to improve this team I certainly anticipate by mid-January if not sooner we're talking about an imminent trade

Damon Stoudamire on the Portland JailBlazers era: "We lost game 7 to eventual champions Lakers. Then we traded away Jermaine O'Neal and we didn't run it back for one more year. Both of those still bother me to this day."

Kevin Durant Im going with the Lakers to win the Tourney since they beat us they have the size to compete with anybody I cant wait to watch The intensity of these games has been incredible I wasnt a fan when they were forming this thing but now Im a huge fan of the In Season Tournament

Michael Jordan and LeBron James hug it out during the NBA's 75th anniversary presentation