Klay Thompson said Bam kept him in check during training camp today:
“Today was hard I can’t lie to you — it was exhausting but I expected that. I missed a couple boxouts and Bam kind of lit me up — I love that. We hold each other accountable, we take this real serious. It’s a practice in September but Bam wants to win every drill and so does Giannis — I just love being around that energy…I’m very grateful to be here.”
Klay was smiling at the end, he missed this type of winning environment.
Klay Thompson on losing to Miami Heat rookie Ryan Conwell in the shooting drill:
“I was a little upset by that but I was very impressed with Ryan’s defense today. He picked up full court, he’s in phenomenal shape, he’s got a beautiful lefty jumper, and I told Ryan just to stay with it.”
(Anthony Chiang)
JJ Redick said he invited Quentin Grimes over during the summer and he accidentally broke into the neighbors house and used their pool:
JJ saw Quentin’s IG story of the pool that day and asked him “Where the f are you” 😭
Erik Spoelstra on Davion Mitchell losing weight this summer:
“It was something he knew and took ownership of. He can make so many more plays at this shape and condition level. You could make the case he was the top player” in the play-in round. “He’s tireless working in the gym. All the things he needs to work on, he’ll work on. He has a Type A personality. The leadership piece he wanted to work on; he did that times 10” in terms of organizing workouts all summer.”
(Barry Jackson)
Bobby Portis says he went from 266 to 247 this summer:
“I started the off-season at like 266 pounds — my last weigh in last week I was 247 so I lost like 19 pounds. I think it was good for me just to get up and down the floor the way I want to…move my feet a little better…I heard rumblings about these Heat’s physical tests so I didn’t want to be that guy that didn’t make it.”
(via @ZachWeinberger)
Spencer Dinwiddie believes the Brooklyn Nets would have won a championship . He says if just one person between James Harden, Kyrie Irving, or himself was on the floor healthy with Kevin Durant during that Milwaukee playoff series they would have won . He says that team was better than everyone , Harden and Kyrie were in their primes, and KD was playing like a supernova they beat Boston Celtics by like 30 points that year
The ultimate LeBron longevity stat... 🤯👑
🔸2003: An 18-year-old rookie LeBron James sharing the court with Carlos Boozer on the Cavs.
🔸2026: Still elite, Bron ready to share the hardwood with Carlos's son, Cameron Boozer!
LeBron has literally been doing this for multiple generations. Absolute legend! 🔥
Giannis "The best player's whoever's able to impact the game, help his team go deep & win the championship…
Right now the best team in the NBA is the New York Knicks"
Bam (makes face) "Mmm"
Giannis "And they have one of the best players, Jalen Brunson
I know (Bam) didn't like that. It's a rivalry right?
But we gonna do our job, we gotta do our job man
And if we do our job & win games, then we'll see"
Kawhi Leonard requested to avoid all questions about the NBA’s investigation into him, the Clippers, and the salary cap circumvention:
“You want to hear about the investigation.., but in talking with the NBA and PA, I think the best decision is to move forward and focus on my time being a Toronto Raptor. ... I just want to focus on basketball.”
Kendrick Perkins lists the NBA Players under the most pressure heading into the 2026-27 NBA Season:
5️⃣ Anthony Davis
4️⃣ Bam Adebayo
3️⃣ Jayson Tatum
2️⃣ Luka Doncic
1️⃣ Anthony Edwards
Do you agree with his list? 🤔
(via @ESPNNBA)
Sitting down with the King at 76ers Media Day 👑
LeBron James talked returning to the Eastern Conference, Year 24 and more with @ChrisBHaynes on The Association!