Jaylen Brown passes Paul George, Rasheed Wallace in playoff scoring

Keith Pompey: “I pride myself on being able to play in any situation, whether it’s on the ball, whether it’s off the ball. So it was a learning curve for me to kind of adjust to playing that style. So I’m not surprised about the moments that it didn’t look good. “Obviously, we have to continue to work this thing out. But you know me, I’m always going to stay optimistic. And again, I think I can play in any situation. So it’s just getting better from this point.” — Paul George on struggling while playing alongside Joel Embiid. -via x.com / April 15, 2025

The trio, which was supposed to lead the Sixers to an NBA championship, logged only 15 games together as group because of injuries. As a result, George wants them to spend time together this offseason to build chemistry. “I think that’s very important,” he said. “We’ve already talked about seeing each other, where we’re going to be this summer. So we’ve already had those conversations about connecting once the season’s over. I think it’s very important. “I don’t think it’s healthy to go two, three months before seeing each other, regardless of if we’re checking in over the phone. It’s just different seeing each other.” -via The Philadelphia Inquirer / April 15, 2025

Instead, his first season in Philadelphia was an injury-plagued disaster. And he admitted as much. “To be honest, it was one of the toughest seasons for me, just with a lot of adversity on the court, off the court,” George said. “The injury stuff … was some stuff I didn’t necessarily know I had going on until deep diving and finding out. “There was other stuff I didn’t know that was causing my limitations, which was frustrating — not being able to do things I normally could do, and finding out the reason why. Those things are being addressed, so that’s the positive.” -via The Philadelphia Inquirer / April 15, 2025

Dumars served as the chief strategy officer of the Sacramento Kings from 2019-22 and has been the NBA league office’s executive vice president of basketball operations since 2022. Dumars ran the Pistons from 2000-14, winning the executive of the year award in 2003 and building the 2004 championship team. He made a series of moves that propelled the Pistons to seven straight seasons of 50 wins or more from 2001-02 to 2007-08 — signing Chauncey Billups, trading for Rasheed Wallace, Ben Wallace and Rip Hamilton, and drafting Tayshaun Prince. -via ESPN / April 15, 2025

Rasheed Wallace: I’m so pissed with the Sixers this year and then here’s the thing i like I said I can’t even put it on the organization or the coaches, it’s two dudes, it’s two dudes that set it all for us. I don’t know what the hell is going on! Why? Why? And I love Tyrese Maxey, I love the way Maxey called him out. How you going to be the captain, the star player of the team but then you don’t come to meetings, you show up late to practice… and we know you not practicing, so damn you got to be there for damn rehab! Because now you messing this stuff up, because the trainer’s dealing with you during practice when he should be keeping his eye on the other guys out there on the floor. You got to get to practice early dog or you won’t have to stay after. (…) In my opinion I think the fans, we sick of it, man. We about to run this dude out of Philly, dog. I could see it, I could see it. -via YouTube / March 29, 2025

Jorge Sierra: Chris Paul tied Kobe Bryant in three-pointers last night for No. 28 all-time. Also: Devin Booker moved ahead of Derek Harper, Rasheed Wallace, Amare Stoudemire and Kiki Vandeweghe in scoring for No. 124 in NBA history. -via Bluesky / March 8, 2025

Jaylen: “Faith, Consistency, Hard Work Pays Off. This is something I’ve live by since the beginning. My first interview with Boston, I said I was gonna go to war for the city and I don’t think nothing has changed” -via Bluesky / April 24, 2025

Gary Washburn: Without Jayson Tatum, #Celtics gut out a 109-100 win over #Magic, lead series 2-0. Game 3 Friday in ORL. Brown 36, 10 reb, 5 ast; Porzingis 20, 10 reb and 5 stitches, White 17, Pritchard 14, Holiday 11; Banchero 32, Wagner 25, Carter Jr. 16, Black 11. -via x.com / April 23, 2025

Bobby Manning: Mazzulla on Brown: “He’s been great … throughout the season … toward the end of the season … you trust the mindset and the warrior mentality … he can take it to another level.” -via x.com / April 23, 2025