Inside the NBA: Quotes of the week
Former Jazzman blues
Deron Williams, on his New Jersey debut:
“I was messing with the guys. I brought ‘em in the huddle and said, ‘Go Jazz.’ ”
Believe it
New York’s Carmelo Anthony on Twitter after Denver Coach George Karl said Anthony’s oft-criticized defense and effort level frustrated the Nuggets:
“Damn, are u serious. Some people never seize to amaze me. Unbelievable.”
“WHEN THE GRASS IS CUT THE SNAKES WILL SHOW.”
See ya
Bill Duffy, Steve Nash’s agent, to ESPN.com’s Marc Stein:
“Logic dictates that it would be prudent for the Suns to start looking at their long-term future in the summer, so we would expect that they may entertain moving him during the summer. …
“We anticipate a very respectful process if they decide to look at starting over with a younger core.”
Broken nucleus blues
Boston’s Ray Allen, joining teammates stunned by the trade of Kendrick Perkins, before the Celtics’ loss in Denver:
“In my mind, he’ll always be a Celtic. He’s been here for eight years. I felt truly bad. That’s probably one of the toughest pills I’ve had to swallow of any player I’ve seen traded because he was a part of what he was doing here. So we have to change that around and incorporate these new guys we got.”
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