“I've been involved in over 300 playoff games in my playing, assistant coaching a…” — Rick Carlisle

Unselfishness along with defensive impact is going to break a lot of ties.

Caris LeVert is an exceptional human being, just one of the most high-character people I've met in this league in 38 years or however long it's been.

Caris has obviously proven he's a hell of a starting point guard as well as a hell of a starting two guard. He's a stone-cold attacker, man.

Unselfishness and defense are our two biggest things. That's our starting point. If you have those two things as foundational building blocks, as long as you have enough offensive talent, other things will fall into line.