JJ Redick: "Probably the first time in my 3 years here that I feel like the pieces actually fit together.”
streamable.comBill Simmons on hearing about the Jaylen Brown trade from his wife picking him up from a colonoscopy: “I think I’m dead. The anesthesia killed me. Are there more first round picks?...I had a camera in my ass, and I had Paul George rammed up my ass”
streamable.comStephen A. Smith: "The president has no business showing up in New York City. I am dead serious. It is selfish. It is narcissistic. It is ridiculous that he is coming to this game."
streamable.comJaylin Williams on being referred to as ‘The Other Jaylin Williams’: “I’m not seeking approval from anybody… I’ve been called way worse in the last 12 hours.”
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Mark Daigneault on SGA's performance vs. Lakers: “Counting stats can get in the way of recognizing that there is different ways to have heavy impact...you look down and see 18-22 point and it's easy to rush to a conclusion... but Impact takes on different faces, and his impact was all 4 games.”
streamable.comSteve Kerr on why fans turned against OKC: "if the same team dominates too much, you want to see an upset, And it happens pretty quickly. We were the darling in '15 and '16, but by the time the Finals came around, I think the average observer was pulling for LeBron to pull off the comeback."
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> "As a sports fan, if the same team dominates too much, you want to see an upset," Steve Kerr told ESPN. "And it happens pretty quickly. We were the darling in '15 and '16, but by the time the Finals came around, I think the average observer was pulling for LeBron [James] to pull off the comeback. I never took it personally. I've done the same thing. If a team in another sport starts to dominate, I root for the upset."
source: https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/48737208/how-oklahoma-city-thunder-became-nba-newest-villains
Devin Booker at the Half against the Thunder in an elimination game I 2 PTS | 0 REB | 3 AST | 0/3 FG | 0/2 3FG | 2/2 FTs | 5 TOV | -14
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