Back Quote by D'Angelo Russell

It's one thing to make it to the NBA. It's one thing to make the playoffs your first year. It's one thing to make…

— Donovan Mitchell

Well, of course you question it, especially when you get to this point. I always look at it would I rather not make the…

— LeBron James

I'm pretty sure everybody in the NBA wants to make the playoffs. Every player, every coach, every organization wants to make the playoffs.

— Tim Hardaway Jr

It's cool to make the playoffs. It's not cool to lose in the first round anymore. The goal is to make the Finals.

— Kyle Lowry

I think being able to make the playoffs alone is an outstanding accomplishment alone and something not a lot of people get to experience…

— C. J. McCollum

Once you get a taste of winning, a taste of the playoffs, you just want to do that even more.

— Nikola Vucevic

Making the playoffs three consecutive seasons is a great accomplishment.

— Pau Gasol

When you have a year of experience and also the experience of playing in the playoffs, it just makes a world of difference.

— Malcolm Brogdon

It's the playoffs, man. If you don't get excited about the playoffs, you don't even deserve to be playing basketball.

— Robert Horry

As a player, you don't really have time to look back at your own season and feel like how you did because you've got…

— Johnny Gaudreau

The beauty about the playoffs is how you make an adjustment, how you come back game-to-game, and to be locked in and focused to…

— Tobias Harris

Of course, it's a huge luxury having LeBron on our team. At the same time, we have to be ready to play and we…

— Tristan Thompson