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Draymond Green Show: Draymond reacts to Danilo Gallinari's comments on Kawhi Leonard "I think wishing the NBA took $50 million from a player is disgusting... that also wasn't his first time being traded, so for him to sit and act as if Kawhi Leonard ruined his career, that's bulls**t... I think Gallinari would choose Paul George over himself and if you won't, that's crazy, that's ridiculous... Kawhi Leonard does not have the power to trade a player, he can request... but he don't have the ability to make that trade."
Paul George gets a lot of heat, and people were criticizing him even during the bubble. When you look at Paul George’s game, what do you think is one of the most underrated portions of his game? Montrezl Harrell: I don’t make comments about that boy. Me and that boy don’t see eye-to-eye, and we ain’t on no terms, so I don’t make comments about him. Quite frankly, I don’t care. I stated that in the tribute interview I did as well, regarding how me and him got into it in that bubble situation. I feel like that had a strong trajectory on why the Clippers didn’t sign me back the following year, so I don’t make comments on him.
Danilo Gallinari: "That was the first time where I got traded not because of an owner or GM or coach situation or request. It was clearly a player request that didn't like what he saw. He wanted his friend or whatever relationship was there with Paul George, and so that was what I didn't like. I didn't say anything bad."
Daniel Donabedian: I asked Brad Stevens how he weighed putting the Celtics’ interests first (by trading Jaylen Brown) against potentially making a rival better following the LeBron James signing: “Yeah, our focus is on us…And obviously, you know we will look forward to any challenges. And obviously there's a lot of good teams all around the league, but we have to do what's best, what we think is in the best interest of us, both in the short and long term. And so that was the decision, and we went through that in July. And today is about Mike, Paul, and Mitch, who's not here, and making sure that we are ready to put our best foot forward.”
Oh No He Didn't: Mike Conley: "Whenever I think of Boston, I think of a winner, a winning culture. Since I was a kid, it's been that way. Since I was in the league, I was a part of the league when KG and them guys won, and Rondo and them, and obviously their last one they won a few years ago. You just think of that immediately. Like PG said, when you walk into the building, there's a sense, there's an atmosphere, there's something that's just a little bit different. You find yourself in there two, three hours, not realizing you've been in there working that much, and just a part of the culture. I think that's initially what I think when I see the Celtics"
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Bobby Krivitsky: Paul George when asked whether he views himself as a superstar: "We have a superstar and that's JT. I'm not here to not necessarily steal the shine or try to reinvent who I am. I'm here to help JT, and he's the guy. I've played alongside another superstar wing, and we co-existed beautifully."
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Bobby Krivitsky: Paul George on joining the Celtics and what he wants to prove here: "When you think of Boston, it's winning." Mike Conley expressed the same view, noting this franchise has been a winner since he was a kid and throughout his time in the league.
Bobby Krivitsky: I asked Paul George about his conversations with Jayson Tatum so far about how their games can mesh. He said it'll grow over time as they "get on the court more, we'll figure it out."
Bobby Krivitsky: Paul George on his fit in the Celtics' system: "They've always been high IQ, really good at spacing and you watch JT, you watch JB, the freedom that they have to kind of operate and playing off one and other, it always just felt like they were a step ahead. "And I feel like I've always played that way, from a cerebral standpoint...Being selfless, giving myself up, whether it's a cut or a screen-away...I feel like I can really thrive in a system like this."
Danilo Gallinari strongly criticized the $700,000 fine imposed on Kawhi Leonard by the NBA. “He should pay all of that $50 million,” Gallinari said on the A Cresta Alta podcast. “He changed the trajectory of my career and put me in a difficult situation by sending me away from Los Angeles.” Gallinari left the Clippers in 2019 as part of the trade that brought Paul George to Los Angeles, a move that helped secure Leonard’s arrival. “What happened to my NBA career wasn’t decided by a general manager or an owner, but by a player who decided that team wasn’t good enough and wanted something else.”
