JJ Redick on closeout games:
“Well, you have to kill them… It's difficult to kill someone. Survival instinct says 'I want to stay alive.' So you've got to be able to be able to kill them.”
(via @DStarkand, h/t @Fullcourtpass)
Donovan Mitchell on Chris Paul:
“To see his career end the way did, I think it’s BS. When you have a guy like that, there’s a level that he has to be respected and he wasn’t given that opportunity, which I think is messed up.”
(via @MarcJSpears, h/t @MrBuckBuckNBA)
Despite only being charged in a conspiracy to defraud card players in Mafia-backed illegal poker games, a closely matching description of Chauncey Billups was identified as a “coach” who also gave information to bettors to place illegal bets on the Blazers.
(via @sam_amick, https://t.co/uhzy8nZLRv)
Luol Deng has been funding South Sudan's national basketball program out of his own pocket for four years, per Royal Ivey
“Luol Deng has been funding this thing for four years out of his own pocket. He pays for gyms, hotels, plane tickets—everything. Kudos to Luol and the staff. We wouldn't have been able to put this team together without them.”
What a guy ❤️
(Via @Urbodo / h/t @BleacherReport )