Kevin Durant

"I never walk into any GM office or coach office or demand anything" - Kevin Durant asserts he didn't demand Sean Marks to sack Steve Nash

“James Harden was there because of Kevin Durant” - Stephen A. Smith sounds off on Kevin Durant’s comments on Nets’ chemistry last season

"We know how NBA is, and it's a business" - Kevin Durant not concerned by reports of other players being hesitant in joining Brooklyn Nets

“Giannis is No. 1; If I’m hung over, you can put anyone at No. 2” - Zach Lowe claims the ESPN rankings got it right when it named Giannis Antetokounmpo as the NBA’s best player next season

“I’ve shown I can be an All-NBA player, I’ve checked every box” –Bradley Beal believes he has accomplished several benchmarks in the league, says winning the championship is now the top priority on his list

“Brandon Ingram is the closest thing I've seen to Kevin Durant” – NBA analyst asserts former all-star is unguardable and his game resembles Kevin Durant, says the playoff effort was intense from the star

"How can LeBron rank above Kevin Durant…That's team wrecking” – NBA analyst addresses the issue with LeBron James and Kevin Durant rankings, says James' shooting stats are "horrendously bad"

“I literally did not care about who I was getting traded for” – Ben Simmons opens up on being traded to Brooklyn Nets, says the transition from Philadelphia 76ers was emotional

"Still you gotta be able to make shots to finish games, if they're gonna win the East" - NBA analyst asserts Ben Simmons will be a problem for Nets if he doesn't shoot, says playing as a guard is not a solution

“I’m not kidding we would actually scrimmage with the media” - The Warriors coach shares his hustle days in Cleveland, implies they had improper infrastructure for playing in the early days of the NBA

"It did f**ked me a lot, but I kind of found peace" - Ben Simmons reveals criticism got the best of him early in his career, believes he's grown and matured

“Then mentally it killed me; I was like, f**k,' like, no energy for anything” - Ben Simmons opens up on his struggles facing criticism in Philadelphia, explains the process of liberating from the 'dark place'

"I'm getting married in a few weeks, and a few NBA guys are coming" - Ronnie 2K worried about NBA players hijacking his wedding and complaining about their 2K ratings

“He left the light-skin dude and then what… He won one series” - Shannon Sharpe argues Kevin Durant shouldn’t be ranked higher than LeBron James on ESPN's best NBA players list