"We can use all the help we can get... he brings that aura."

"I wasn't here for the last 30 years. I don't care about the 'ownership' talk. That ends this weekend."

"It's a 48-minute game. We have to find an identity and cover for each other on defense with the bodies we have left."

"The injuries are impactful, but these guys are all pros. Ayo and Tre need to carry the load."

"He (Edwards) was not the one hurting us, it was DiVincenzo and Randle, kind of role players that did a lot of the damage..."

"Math is different when Victor is on the floor. You can't just hunt the rim; you have to hunt the space he isn't in."

"Our team is top half of the league offensively and we're last defensively. Defense is not fun, but it's what gives you t..."

"Sometimes he tells me to F off and he calls his own pitch... it's a different kind of greatness."

"I'm happy that he's disappointed [about the POTM snub]. I hope he takes it out on our opponents."

"We have to establish who is going to be here in New Orleans going forward."

"This decision was not made lightly... but we do it with the intention of giving our group the best chance at competing."

"My mistakes have to be honest mistakes because you try to do what is best for the group."