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Jalen Johnson on tomorrow’s opener: I’m excited to play again. Toronto was the game I got hurt in last year so that’s a little extra motivation. We’re excited and ready to go. #Hawks

When everyone thought Kornet stunk in 2023.

It's pretty absurd that Mark Daigneault has Jalen Williams and Isaiah Joe out and is like "Let's go, Ajay." and can trust that Ajay Mitchell will deliver. Ridiculous depth in OKC.

Only players in NBA history to record 35+ PTS 5+ REB 5+ AST 2+ STL 5+ 3P in a season opener.

Alperen Sengun has had his straight up All-NBA coming out party tonight and the biggest play he made the whole game was telling KD to stop calling timeout because he had the game awareness to realize that they had none. Honestly, awesome recognition on his part.

Somewhere Fred VanVleet is shaking his head. Rockets need to find another point guard.

Kevin Durant talks jeers and taunts from Oklahoma City crowd postgame. KD doesn’t think he’s so hated in OKC. “It's part of the brand of OKC to boo me when my name gets introduced, but I think it's all love after that.” Also noted: “Walking onto the court, at the hotel,

And here’s Marcus Smart basically tackling Steph Curry to draw another offensive foul.

Draymond on Jimmy: “He’ll be an All Star again this year.”

Draymond Green: “I think what you saw tonight is what you’re going to see all year from JK. And it’s only going to get better.” Kuminga finished with 17 points, 9 rebounds and 6 assists. Huge offensive rebound late and made Luka Doncic work all night.

Draymond Green on Jonathan Kuminga: “When you ask for opportunity, you must deliver. He’s been very vocal about his opportunity and he delivered.”

Luka Doncic felt he needed to get more touches for Deandre Ayton tonight and is also learning where DA wants the ball:

Happy birthday Brad 🎉🎂☘️

tonight's the night‼️

The Mavs have a tradition of holding a halfcourt shooting contest at their morning shootarounds. Assistant coach Keith Veney, who the team usually surrounds while patting his head, knocked down his first halfcourt shot since he joined the team 3 seasons ago. The team went nuts.

Holiday, Porzingis and Horford posters coming down at TD Garden today. - CLNS Media Boston Sports Network

Crvena Zvezda in Serbia has emerged as the strong favorite to sign Jared Butler … after Butler scored 35 points in a preseason game earlier this month for Phoenix against the Lakers.

D’Angelo Russell was asked how he’d feel in a 6th man role: “I just want to be a basketball player whenever I get into the game. It just comes down to winning and finishing the game, however I can help. Finish a game, if need be, and always impact winning is my goal as well.”

Kevin Durant takes positives from every stop on his #NBA journey. After his first game with the Houston #Rockets — his fifth team — the future Hall of Famer is high on Alperen Sengun, not looking ahead and sees H-Town as his last stop. More in Andscape. bit.ly/3KYTERP