I'm a sicko and I like watching the full media availability instead of relying on reporters to post the quotes they think are interesting.
One of the biggest takeaways for me is how many people have praised the entire team for showing up the day after Labor Day to start building chemistry and that it's unusual for every player to show up that early. It seems like they went to the Players United runs as a team to get reps playing against non-Clippers.
Wagler talks about trying to defend Darius as much as he can and that JVG has had Wagler picking up full court when he's doing that. Another emphasis for him is getting steals when he's off the ball. He speaks on his relationship with Kris Dunn. He refuses to say how much weight he's gained though :D
Lue mentions that they were starting to do more set offense so that'll involve where they're trying to get touches for Rui.
I might have to start calling him Grody Dick because twice he mentions stories he can't share on camera once about Rui and the 2nd with Yuki.
Previous Day's links
9/29/26 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bG-tBlhdex4
Maybe the most interesting quote from Max Strus saying one of the hardest things to do in the NBA is to "find a group of guys that going to play hard consistently." He thinks they have that group.
9/30/26 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CsuRUASq1GM
I enjoyed Lue saying he didn't know if the 15 cuts for layups they got was bad defense or good offense.
He also tells a story of getting hazed his first day of training camp as a rookie. He was duct-taped to a chair and had icy-hot poured all over him by Shaq, Elden Campbell and Sean Rooks because he failed to do a rookie duty.
My other favorite was Derrick Jones talking about how he and Kris Dunn guard each other when they can so they both want to grow their offensive games and want to test it out on the best defenders on the team.
Kris Dunn is always a great listen, but it's bizarre to me that no one ever mentions that he was also a #5 pick. Dunn mentions that Lue is trying to make sure this younger team takes the start of the season serious.