Jason Kidd It's a marathon People have to understand you don't win an award for the first 20 You get to learn about your team you get to learn about each other We're going to be judged publicly every night but internally we truly believe were going in the right direction

Isaiah Thomas on Boston dressing in all black: "I wear black all the time...I'm the first one in this gym, too, so I didn't see nobody else wearing black."

Dec 21st 2014 The 5-23 Detroit Pistons fall 105-110 to Brooklyn after Josh Smith underperformed again with 13pts on 5-16 FG w 2TOs and 5PFs Detroit decided they'd rather pay him to play elsewhere The Pistons cut Smith and went on a magical 12-3 run over the next month before tragedy struck

Jamal Crawford gives the Twolves the lead with a clutch 3

Jason Kidd on the Mavs historic shortage of available players Ive never seen this Where you cant take someone out to rest them because we had no one to put in