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Paul Pierce is almost too excited to be back in his old stomping grounds.

Paul Pierce

In the NBA, even if you know everybody’s game, most of the time there’s nothing you can do about it.

CJ McCollum

You know what a real distraction is? Maintaining a lie 24 hours a day, seven days a week, for most of your career, for most of your life.

Jason Collins

You can question my shooting. You can question my ceiling. Just don’t question if I’m giving my all every single night. Don’t talk to me...

Michael Carter-Williams

So I did what I should’ve done on my own first day of school. I went and sat down next to the smartest kid in class, James Jones.

Kevin Love

For people to ever think we were playing for Donald Sterling is comical.

Blake Griffin