Brian Lewis
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@nypost reporter covering the Brooklyn Nets and the NBA. Husband, father, traveler and lover of good books, movies & 80s/90s hip-hop and R & B.
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Kevin Durant: “I’m not here to judge somebody or talk down on the life or how they feel their views. I just didn't like anything that went on. I felt like it was all unnecessary. I felt like we could have just kept playing basketball and kept quiet as an organization.”
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Kyrie: "I told you guys that I was putting a lot of pressure on myself to be the first option or the second option or the main one. This is just a message for everybody at home: 1st option, 2nd option, 3rd option, they don't fu-king matter to me....The objective is to win"
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Spencer Dinwiddie: "We may not be the best trade package, but we're the best looking. And the
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needed some help in that department."
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Jacque Vaughn on Kyrie Irving: "There's a business side to this thing and there's a human side to this thing. I elected to touch on the human side and check on him as an individual. I'll leave the business side to Sean (Marks, GM) and that group."
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KD on stars getting booed in returns to former cities: "Its rooted in love. They once loved you, cheered for you & bought your merchandise, had life altering experiences coming to games watching you play. When it gets ripped from them...they feel like a piece of them is gone too”
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Patty Mills: "The distractions can leave us and we can now focus on the task at hand."
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Dinwiddie on how he got hot: “If I hit two 3s in a row, I feel like Steph. So I hit a couple 3s, boy, I’m telling you, I felt like I was 6-3 and light-skinned. I wasn’t going to stop shooting after that.”
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KD on how to keep Ben Simmons confident: "Trust in him, pass him the ball, tell him be aggressive...(But) Im not here to babysit anybody. Ben knows that. If he’s got a time to be aggressive go be aggressive. Who gives a sh1t if you miss it? We like you being aggressive."
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Patty Mills did not pick up his $6.2 million player option with the
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KD on Kyrie not being able to play at home: "I dont get it; just feels like at this point now somebody's trying to make a statement or a point to flex their authority.
But everybodys looking for attention & thats what I felt like the mayor wants right now, some attention."
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Kyrie Irving on Ben Simmons: "You guys keep coming in here asking me like what about Ben? He hasn't played in two years. Give him give him a fu-king chance. We stay on his sh1t. You just stay on him. But we're here to give him positive affirmations."
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Cam Thomas after a career-high 33: "It means everything and when your coach trusts you and the coach staff trust you. You play more freely, play real hard. So I'm just glad I got the coach's trust and the coaching staff. It helps me a lot."
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I asked Kyrie Irving this morning about how his drives have been down. After attacking the rim and scoring 42, he walks into presser and asks: “Did I drive enough? I took your advice. I'll see you in coaching one day; maybe fifth grade, eighth grade.”
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James Harden: "Of course I'm frustrated because we're not healthy, where there's a lot of inconsistency for whatever reason, injuries, COVID, whatever you want to call it. I think everybody in this organization is frustrated because we're better than what our record is."
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Kevin Durant has been back on the court for the past week or so. Aldridge is days away, not weeks according to Steve Nash.
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Harden: “Kyrie believes in his beliefs& he stands firmly. We respect it, we all love Ky. But we have a job to do, and individually myself, I’m still wanting to set myself up for a championship. The entire organization, is on the same path”
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Just to be clear, this isn't just a situation of the
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convincing Kevin Durant to give them a year, run it back for one season in a championship-or-bust swing, and then moving him next summer. They plan on this being a long-term marriage.
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Steve Nash said he'd have no problem dropping Ben Simmons right into a playoff game even if he hadn’t played a second during the regular season.
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Dinwiddie: "There's a certain level of pride it'd be to bring a championship to Brooklyn over any other organization in the league - including an LA team - (it'd) still be more prideful doing it here just because in a lot of ways it made my career. So proud to be back."
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Nic Claxton, after six points, four boards and two blocks in the 4th quarter: "A lot of people think we traded away all our depth; but I've been here."
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Kyrie Irving when asked if he thinks James Harden wants to stay with the
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Kevin Durant: "I definitely want Kyrie to be around. I wish none of this ever happened, but this is the situation that we're in."
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Kevin Durant: “Its easy to point fingers and blame our season on other things...Its not going to do anything for us. We have to put our heads down and go to work.”
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Kevin Durant: “We know we’re in some deep sh1t. We understand that…But with one win, things can change.”
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Kevin Durant said by the time he found out James Harden was unhappy, it was already late in the process. At that point, it was unlikely to be salvaged.
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Asked Kyrie Irving if he plans to go to Barclays Center tomorrow as a spectator: "Yeah. Yeah, I should get a press pass. Let me start doing what you guys do: Start asking questions, what did it feel like?"
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Reporters walked into practice, Ben Simmons turned and looked, said “Make sure you get this” and proceeded to dunk.
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Bruce Brown: "I just don't understand that ruling on (Kyrie Irving) being in the arena and not being able to play. It just doesn't make sense to me, but it's good to see him back in Barclays."
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James Harden: “I don’t plan on leaving this organization. My focus is winning a championship.”
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Andre Drummond says there’s so much focus defensively on contesting Kyrie & KD that “When they do miss, there's nobody down there (but me)."
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Kevin Durant on if Nash is still the right man to coach the
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: Come on, man. Yeah. Steve has been dealt a crazy hand the last two years, he's been having to deal with so much stuff as a head coach for the first time, COVID, trades. I'm proud of his passion for us."
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Joe Harris will make the
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Ben Simmons seems in good spirits and is maintaining his sense of humor, but declined to speak with the media.
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Nic Claxton on Kyrie: “I always respect his decision, whatever that may be. And that's my brother. And you know, just got to roll with who's here.”
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