Major cheat code for life: Assume good things are still ahead. You are not behind. You are not too late. You are not disqualified by your past. One new season can change the entire story. Keep showing up with belief. The best chapters are often written after the hardest ones.
The NBA Draft just feels different because when players get drafted now, their life isn't changing financially. Back then, folks was getting drafted and instantly going from shrimp flavored ramen noodles to millionaires
Draymond Green says basketball is no longer a poor kid's game: “It's a rich kid's game”
“I didn't learn how to do a proper individual workout till I got to college. Growing up I'm going to hoop. Where's the nearest run. Drop me off, I'll play all day. That's what we did. We hooped all day. I think there's a huge benefit to that because you just learn to see the game”
“It's different when somebody just putting you in a position to tell you to do this move. How do you use your creativity? How do you learn if somebody just say do this? How do you know what your game is if you never tap into it and just figure it out”
“I think there's a time and place for a trainer and I think with where the game has gone, you need those resources in order to be successful”
“I feel like basketball used to be a poor man's game. Poor kids played it. We were poor. We had nothing and it was our way out. Basketball is not a poor kid's game no more. Basketball is a rich kid game”
“The days of seeing LeBron James from Akron, Ohio, from a single mom, those days are numbered. Because if you don't have the resources these days, you can't make it. But that’s also why you don't see as great basketball as you did before, because there's no imagination”
“Everybody's doing the same thing, playing the same way. I think a lot of that is due sometimes to having trainers. You just become a carbon copy of somebody else the trainer created”
Jalen Brunson on LinkedIn:
“Winning an NBA Championship with the New York Knicks is everything I ever dreamed of. The fans, the city, this organization...This is why I came to New York.
I'm so proud of this team. No matter the situation, we never stopped believing in each other or lost sight of our goal.
With enough work and enough belief, your dreams are possible and you can overcome any obstacle. Whatever it is in life, believe that you belong.
People might disagree but let that strengthen your belief because with hard work, preparation, and the right mindset, anything is possible.
I can't wait to celebrate with my family, my teammates, the city of New York, and everyone who's been here from day one.
We don't win this championship without you!
I also look forward to continuing to support other people's dreams through my work with the Second Round Foundation, where our mission is helping young people determine their own success no matter where they come from.
It is important to me to support the under-resourced, under-represented, and under-estimated, and to ensure that they have the tools, guidance, and belief they need to achieve their dreams.
Thank you, New York. I am forever grateful.
And always remember...The Magic is in the Work.
- JB”
Doc Rivers says the Spurs future is bright, but there’s no guarantees:
“I always go back to when Miami beat Oklahoma City. I remember Mike Breen saying on the air, “Well, Oklahoma City will be here every year.” It took them 20 years to get back. You know, you just can’t, you can never take things for granted. With trades, free agency, injuries, and I always use the band theories, you know, why aren’t there great bands that last forever because somebody gets jealous, somebody wants to be the man, and things change.”
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I want to be rich. But not Lamborghini
or Rolex rich, I want to be rich enough to go to the gym at 3pm and nobody can tell me no. To tap the family in front of me at the supermarket and say, "It's on me," Rich enough that my future wife never has to worry about getting a job. Rich enough to show my children the world, not pictures of it. Rich enough to take my friends to dinner and say, "| got this", Rich enough that God uses me to help the people who are in need. That's my version of rich.
Fully healthy Steph
Top 4 pick
Early Moody comeback
Early Jimmy Butler return
Draymond declining his player Option
Resigning Porzingis to a Team friendly deal
Getting Lebron or Kawhi
Podz off my team
2026/27 Warriors Champions
Doc Rivers talks about what people fail to recognize about Steph Curry:
"I think the thing that people miss the most with Steph because he's this nice guy, he does all the charitable work, everything he says is right, like he's the most coachable star and one day we're going to have a podcast about that 'Why Steph has won over some of the other guys?' and because I'm a coach, I really believe a lot of it is he allowed himself to be coached and I think that's part of it, but what we miss with him is he's a stone-cold-blooded killer, just like Kobe and Michael. He just doesn't come off that way, but he's exactly like them and people miss that with him. They misforecast him, his toughness and his grit, they really do."
Nate Oats doesn’t think Labaron Philon really has a decision to make regarding the upcoming NBA draft, and acknowledges the impact his decision to come back to Alabama as a sophomore has had on his development and the program as a whole.