Pat Connaughton

The Boston Celtics have the best team remaining in the NBA playoffs

I do think unbiasedly, [the Celtics] have the best team left. At least in the East. When you talk about the West, I think the Denver-Minnesota series has been incredible.

The 2021 Bucks championship was one of the hardest NBA titles to win ever

I mean, look, we played the Brooklyn Nets in the second round. They've got three superstars... and it was definitely one of, if not the hardest. We started off with a team that we owed revenge to [Miami], and the Atlanta Hawks are a good young team... and the Phoenix Suns are obviously a great team.

I can lift more than Giannis Antetokounmpo pound-for-pound

Me and [Giannis] have a nice little friendly competition on who can lift more during a certain exercise, you know, pound for pound. Who's stronger of that nature... I said, 'Hey, look, you deserve all the credit, but don't think that I, I think you can beat me in a weightlifting contest.' That's not going to happen.

The US basketball team struggles in the Olympics because international rules mitigate athleticism

The three point line closer... The key is a little bit smaller. So there's no defensive three seconds. So you can sit in the key for really, as long as you want. Goaltending: if the ball touches the rim, you can bat it off... When you're able to shrink the court a little bit, you're able to give Kevin Durant less space... It becomes more about skill... it just kind of mitigates that athleticism.