Isaiah Thomas Quotes

As for Seattle, we are rebuilding - no doubt about it. And in the WNBA, it's not easy to rebuild. You can't dangle millions in front of quality free agents.

I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league.

The ability of players to jump teams when their contracts are up has hurt fan loyalty.

Some people said, 'Why didn't you sign Peyton Manning?' Well, we just couldn't do it. We would have had to let go of two or three of our outstanding players to create enough room in the salary cap to do something with him.

Nobody wants to give up good players.

It's hard to change a roster around. You've got to hit your draft picks right, you've gotta hit free agency right, and a team's got to fit together.

It's not very wise to keep a player who has just one year left on his contract and really wants to leave.

I can't speak on anybody else's free agencies, how that's going, but for myself, it helps to kind of be patient and let it happen.

I don't want to give up multiple draft picks for a rental player who is going to be our ninth man.

If you reach a point where your entire farm system is in the big leagues, you've traded a couple guys for players who are now in the big leagues, you know what you do? You start over in your farm system, and you keep developing the talented players you have.

My job, when it comes to free agency, trades, is not to pick players, but support the personnel department and the coaching staff. We have to have the financial resources to make things happen and that's my job.

We spent a lot of money on some players.

We feel good about our running backs as we have them right now, and we will continue to see how they progress.

I think in the NFL, continuity is something that is helpful, but it's not the end all. In a league where injuries are so prevalent, you're used to guys moving in and out.

Something interesting has happened over the last 10 years in the Premier League. Players who once would have been discarded as expensive and too old have become important parts of title-winning squads.

Baseball has changed dramatically since I began my tenure with the Yankees.

Just give me 25 guys on the last year of their contracts; I'll win a pennant every year.

As a part of the NFL, things change every year.

We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.

In football, in football clubs, there are many decisions that don't make business sense. Yes, there is always a lot of emotion involved.

I don't understand the NBA in that, each time they bring in a one-and-done kid, they have to release a veteran player on a roster. I don't understand why their players association condones that.

We knew the 2017-18 offseason would be one of our most challenging. We've known that for a long time.

Two of the most difficult parts of our business is trades and when a player leaves.

Every team in the league is always looking to upgrade its talent.

If a franchise wants me, they'll take me.