"You got a dominant post player, you got a chance. Women's basketball, if you can throw that thing down low and she can do something with it, and rebound, you got a chance."
"They're scoring nearly 125 points per 100 possessions. I'm not sure it matters with that lineup."
"Kevin Durant is ridiculously good at navigating traps because he's so tall he can just reach over the top and drop it off to the big man slipping to the basket."
"Being able to have that big guy who can see the court and get to the rim and create and pass is really where you're going to start building your teams."
"The step back three to me is what has unlocked the modern NBA offense."
"I think it's a perfect time for a guy like me who's not the biggest guard in the world but can shoot the ball; he's made it okay for teams to go out and get those type of guys and play them the way that Steph has changed the game."
"You can't ask a guy in year 21 to be the shot creator... it won't be Darvin Ham... it's a roster reality."
"The Cleveland Cavaliers need to get to the three seed to avoid the New York Knicks in my opinion."
"When you are Elite from the perimeter, you force teams to capitulate to your style of play."
"Who does he watch in the league to take certain parts of their game from and the main thing for Asar was becoming a three-level scorer."
"Your game is going to have to be simplified like how you played before you got comfortable with the ball, just one two dribbles pull up shot."
"Maryland and Indiana both wanted to play through the post."
"Steph's gravity becomes a thing. Such a deadly shooter, the teams panic."
"Shaq was a very good passer out of double teams."
"Look at what LeBron is at this point. I'm basically forming another super team around LeBron, and they're too stubborn to just accept it."
"Steph Curry sacrificed for the betterment of the team."
"The three-point shot is as important as any."
"I respected how he was able to affect the game without hogging all the shots."
"I want to hear from you. Can you let me know why you think that Patrick Beverley and Russ and Braun and Eddie can all play together and win?"
"Steph's shooting ability is so incredible teams must account for him at all times."
"His game might not be MVP Derrick Rose exciting but it's basketball genius at its finest."
"You cut like that, I'm gonna find you! Five consecutive assists with no turnovers, now that's a stat that I like to see, man! I dig that."
"Slithery is what I would recommend if you don't have higher strength."
"This is a pure lock down build. That's what it was made to do: lock people down and be an all-around God."
"They're gonna have to guard me as soon as I cross half court."
"You cannot win a title without legitimate Rim protection."
"A lot of people don't know how to do it, the most comp guards abuse the hesi cancel."
"He's changed the landscape of the Lakers' identity at both ends."
"Every elite guard in this game shoots more fadeaways than stand-still shots."
"Wow, the term hot knife through butter comes to mind."
"He's playing simple basketball. No one likes simple, but not everybody can do that."
"The 2015 season was dominated by the Golden State Warriors, a team who played small ball."
"Who would be LeBron's perfect number two out of any player in NBA history? NBA history LeBron's number two, who would be the perfect number two for LeBron?"
"It's just composure level really moving out the way. He's unselfish."
"Kids don't warm up in the paint, kids don't run for lay-ups in transition, everyone runs to the three-point line."
"But he would come off the bench as well; Tobias Harris, Monta Ellis, Harrison Barnes, I kind of like."
"The vision the the footwork the ability to punish people with the sides and the frame that the passing is Elite and the way they utilize him in the offense is what makes it so difficult for the Lakers."
"I think I'm gonna do a number on assist because I think for him he's like I could I can get 15 one game and then hey if this is a matchup for us I go get 50 if I need to."
"I think a lot of this series is boiled down to the fact that Stephen Curry and the Warriors score damn near every time they run a pick and roll."
"Yo, your man sitting in the lane, yo, come set some picks."
"Giannis needs a star guard like Drew Holiday."
"Get your buckets from the paint, it's more efficient anyways."
"Lamello Ball, he's not starting for me, but I [expletive] if we need a commander in that second unit, it's gonna be him."
"Jaylen Brown and Donovan Mitchell are my back-to-back."
"Steph revolutionized the game on the floor and he revolutionized the way that people can consume and relate to the game."
"How do you guard that on the three-point line? You can't guard that!"
"He did all the heavy lifting for the Bulls on offense."
"When you break the glass, the overguard goes away."
"Scottie Barnes does everything for the Toronto Raptors. He runs offense from the perimeter with the ability to throw darts off the bounce."
"On this Raptors roster, everybody they bring in seems to maximize who they can be."
"I think if Mello was in the Giannis, Chris Middleton role, they'd win six rings."
"Even if you weren't a strong player, but have Isiah or Doc on your team, they knew how to make the other teammates better."
"First green, first mid-range green, that certainly counts more than a layup."
"I don't think seven threes are completely dead."
"Mid-range shots to me are much more easier when you have momentum with the basketball."
"If the ball finds the best player, I'mma do me. So that means if I took 20 shots, obviously the ball knew where to go. Hey to me, hey hey, period, hey talk that [ __ ]."
"I can't believe KD said playmaking was a buzzword."
"Kobe Bryant was addicted to studying film, experimenting with tweaking and adopting new moves, loved basketball as much as nearly anything else in his life."
"The Celtics reportedly offered Jaylen Brown, Derrick White, and a draft pick to the Nets for Kevin Durant."
"Phil Jackson understood that the Lakers' best recipe for Success was to play as a team."
"If Boston shoots threes the way they shot threes last night, you will be dead right. They will win this series in five."
"If you make 20 threes or 40, trust me, you're in a real good spot."
"His Korver's game right, a phenomenal catch and shoot player."
"Curry doesn't dominate the league physically, but instead he dominates with skills."
"Baylor at the three is insane for this team. He's one of a kind."
"Good team defense will always give you a chance."
"IT'S LIKE THE NBA -- CATCH-AND-SHOOT TIME. GET IT, AND GET RID OF IT."
"We did it based on Basketball Reference positions so if you're wondering oh how was this player a small for I'm used to being a shooting guard or all men they're missing somebody he's probably a power forward."
"He's gonna have to be the leader on the floor."
"This team is gonna be to a champion I believe Kyrie clay Kawhi."
"This shot right here, it didn't seal the game, but it was important."
"The Pistons need shooting, they need upside, and they get that here."
"As long as you have LeBron playing like LeBron is playing, AD healthy, then you have a chance."
"You just can't survive on tough shots. Defense, rebounding, and easy shots always are going to be the way to be successful."
"He created the death lineup, playing Draymond Green at the center position."
"Pogo Stick is good for countering the lineups where somebody's gonna have a driving point guard with an inside big man, and your point guard who's playing defense on him just not the best when it comes to the on-ball D."
"The beautiful thing about the Joker is he doesn't only have to score in order to be dominant and or effective." - Jalen Rose
"Can we have some goddamn help defense up in this?"
"Him [Giannis] with a healthy Bucks team with one additional piece is the biggest threat to the Warriors."
"You got to bust his ass, that's what you gotta do, you gotta go on that court and you gotta look at Anthony Davis and go like this, you know what you got to do."
"Honestly, D'Antoni might just be a basketball genius."
"In the fourth, RJ Barrett's drives were dominant and ferocious."
"Tibbs has to stop the set rotations and ride hot hands."
"Magic was the dude that got everybody else better they got everybody else on their game Kobe would drop 80 on you right right but magic would accumulate 80 by having 20 points and 20 assists and making sure that's true got fed."
"Jason Tatum's unstoppable, Tatum in the wing three-pointer is a go-to move."
"If you mess up a game plan thing in the playoffs, it's inexcusable."
"It's all credit to just a good screen, understanding the nuance of who you're screening for."
"If Anthony Davis can't stop Nicola jokic or if he can't slow him down I'm not trusting anybody else in the league to do it."
"Unbelievable spacing... There is not a team in NBA history that has a better set of top five shooters."
"The ball moves and they're taking threes like that."
"Steph Curry: 'I'm either catching and shooting, I'm catching and ripping, or I'm catching and getting up. If you hold the ball for one second, that's a grenade.'"
"Durant could space the floor for his teammates."
"Attack the paint, that's where you're going to see the bread and butter."
"Having players that are great at making those reads when the defense is overplaying them, that, I would say, is arguably the most important skill on the offensive end of the floor in the NBA."
"Curry is one of those guys, so yeah definitely more impactful scorer than KD if talking about you know Team Construction and how you're scoring helps other people."
"Kawhi Leonard, he don't got to put up 20 some of the night, he could clamp up the best player on that team."
"Yokic was at the center of literally every single thing that happens for the Nuggets."
"Anthony Davis dominating the paint is crucial."
"Short side defense... a clutch defensive effort."
"For me, I would probably trade Dejounte just for the franchise's sake."
"His decision not to shoot this shot was a microcosm of his entire career in Philadelphia."
"The spacing for James Harder became so good that James was able to do whatever he wanted."
"Giannis told me if I get the rebound, go all the way or look up the court and pass."
"You don't always need LeBron James to drop 30 or 40 points."
"The most surprising thing is Westbrook's role so far with the Rockets."
"Make sure you're heading towards the rim as you perform to cover as much ground as possible."
"He understands how to play the co-star, when to take the backseat."
"The three-point shot is the great equalizer."
"If you can score inside of a Zone, that's when you get the defense in trouble."
"Phenomenal spacing and patience and composure on that last possession."
"You do not need a three you're in the bonus you need to attack the rim."
"Jim, if you're going to play North Carolina that tight that far from the basket, it really allows for the lobs to Montross."
"Kyle Lowry would do it anyway though, 'cause Kyle Lowry is leading the league in charges."
"Let's teach players to see the floor, not just in front."
"The secret sauce is really in our guards defending the ark when the ball gets inside the three-point line."
"It takes any help defense away and allows the roll man to be open."
"Here's what we run versus a zone: simple three out two in, ball gets reversed, run exchange, and then go from there."
"I think they get it done from all areas of the court."
"O'Neill willing to delegate, willing to draw the defense and kick it to his teammates."
"Point guard it, man. Everything else takes care of itself when you got guys like Debo and KD."
"This is a player who probably fits as your power forward next to Joel Embiid longterm."
"In my opinion, if you're the Lakers, you should be going all in on trying to win one final championship with LeBron."
"This is a great selection for Tom Thibodeau and the New York Knicks."
"A true leader knows to put the best five on the court."
"I see the vision with him in Charlotte as a combo guard alongside Lamelo Ball."
"He's an outstanding screener, is going to generate offense for others by his unselfishness."
"James Harden leads the league in assists, so if you double team him, he knows how to get rid of the rock and he knows who to get the rock to."
"I'm talking about all around everything. Giannis plays defense at an extreme high level."
"It's beautiful to watch in the end if you can just hang with the dribble dribble dribble."
"I think that's the best part of LeBron James's game: his passing, his vision, his ability to see the floor."
"If Fudd can consistently knock down three-point shots, that'll open up the inside game."
"Great basketball minds... you find a way, you figure it out."
"That's how great the system is with Curry and Klay, and now they've got Poole and Wiggins."
"We're at our best when me and Timmy have proper balance on the inside outside and scoring and things like that."
"It's important that Wake Forest score consistently... you've got to put the ball in the basket to prevent North Carolina's transition offense from being in full gear."
"He's got great basketball IQ, a tremendous understanding of the concepts of the game."
"Kentucky's got their business weaved in their worship of the game offensively."
"Creation is probably the most valuable aspect on the offensive end."
"Curry combats this defensive attention by being the greatest off-ball player ever."
"The most effective way to play the game of basketball is to utilize the basic fundamentals and put the ball in the hoop the easiest way possible."
"They can't sustain what they do with Steph Curry on the bench."
"I like my chances if I'm a good shooting team with a little bit of height and some length."
"I think Steph with any young star would be pretty dynamic."
"How much his game alone impacts the court and how it translates to winning basketball."
"Small ball is upon us, no centers but endless three-pointers as far as the eye can see."
"The first option to every transition, of course, is the rim run."
"It's hard to guard a team when they're playing five-man basketball."
"A good reason to pick LeBron is if Davis isn't playing."
"The ideal lineup in the NBA, in my opinion, is playmaking, shooting, and defensive versatility from all five positions."
"When you live with the outside shot, you're gonna die by it."
"Larry told all of us, 'Tomorrow night's last game of the trip I'm gonna play this one left-handed,' and at the end of three quarters the next night in Portland he had 27 points left-handed."
"The most important factor of defense has always been rim protection."
"Even if their offense stagnates, they have proper spacing, they are able to create advantages."
"Bill Russell played basketball in a way that's so unselfish that it allows the whole team to become more dangerous."
"Spread the floor wide open, give my best player the ball."
"The Cyclones have a really balanced attack on offense, defense, and a cohesive defensive unit that has stifled teams."
"He can fit on any team, bro. He makes any team immediately better because of his defense and spacing."
"That was beautiful offense by the triplets, spreading the floor, the drive, the kick, and then making the extra pass."
"I think what's nice about Kade is he can play on or off the ball, so it gives Detroit a lot more versatility than a normal team in this situation."
"If they're making their threes, they're very hard to beat."
"Shoot it, drive it, move it, play in point five conceptual basketball."
"Disrupt, disrupt, disrupt, and that's what I think your goal of your defense should be."
"You're worried about winning basketball games, it's not about you being the hero or 'ice in my veins,' none of that, just trying to win games to do what it takes to win a game."
"Over the last decade, there is one team that has won a championship attempting 40% or more of their shots from beyond the arc."
"There's just a connectivity that they have against aggressive defenses that is really, really encouraging."
"It's a different animal, everybody plays like we put all five shooters out there."
"You can't win with a jump shooting team, because that's who the Phoenix Suns were. Then Steph Curry and Klay Thompson come along and now they start doing the same thing except they doing it more and better and now they're winning."
"I think we can turn it around. I think we can play a lot better brand of basketball than we're playing right now."
"Look at this by Kelsey, and look at that, gee whiz, he says forget about setting the ball, I'll just draw the shot."
"The 2014 San Antonio Spurs: beautiful, flawless team ball movement, outside shooting, the fundamentals, the extra passes."
"He just plays that winning type of style basketball that it's hard that you don't want to go against."
"The lost art of the NBA, that's the mid-range game."
"We're coming downhill, your hand check can't guard me."
"Imagine me and Carl Malone in the pick and roll, and I can shoot."
"Anthony Davis allowed Frank Vogel to start him at center."
"It was completely fitting, poetic even, that he got an isolation on that right elbow, the place he did so much damage when he took his talents to South Beach."
"LeBron has really mastered the art of knowing where and when to shoot."
"I think his ability to play off of Sabonis handoffs is going to be very dynamic."
"The definition of winning basketball."
"Nobody moves without the ball better than Steph Curry, draining threes from everywhere."
"Kyrie next to Jokic would be a cheat code, I don't know what to say."
"You seriously cannot leave this man open."
"If you somehow managed to grab two or three elite assist guys from the top 20, chances are your team might be able to mop the floor with everyone in your league throughout the season in the assist category."