Tim Leglar on Dylan Harper and his ceiling:
“He’s a future, 1st team All-NBA player. Which, if you’re talking about guys in that level, you’re talking about guys that can be the best playing on a contending team..
He’s an absolute dawg defensively. He competes more than most guys his age coming into the league.. from the first time I saw him, even in Vegas Summer League, I couldn’t believe how hard he was playing defensively. Like obviously this matters to him, he wants to be a difference maker..
Like Brunson, he was the one guy for the Spurs that was super comfortable under pressure. That moment was not too big for Dylan Harper even at 20 years old.
So he’s got all of this stuff going for him. I think within 5 years, he’s a guy that’s going to be in the conversation for 1st team All-NBA.”
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Matt Barnes defends Victor Wembanyama’s aggressive play in the Finals:
"People were taking a lot of cheap shots at him this year... If you going to take a cheap shot at me, I'm going to elbow you in your f***ing face and I'm going to mush Brunson. I want that for my superstar."
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Kobe on LeBron not shaking hands. "I think people make too much of it to be honest with you. It's a very competitive game and we're human just like everybody else."
Victor Wembanyama (in French) is asked what he is looking to improve on over the summer:
🇫🇷: Victor, after these Finals, what do you want to improve the most this summer? On the court or off the court, what area of improvement have you identified for yourself before next season?
👽: I'm going to work even harder, obviously, to be even more durable and, above all, to keep a fresh mind and maintain control of the game at all times. That's what really stands out about Jalen Brunson, for example. There are too many moments—and it doesn't come from bad intentions—but there are too many moments where I'm passive, where I don't have the control over the game that I'd like to have, and it ends up costing us.
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