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Austin Rivers: “Right now, I signed a short deal because I want to come here and help this team win, and that’s my focus. I believe we can do so, so it really made my decision very, very easy to come back and really maybe not even try to venture out and see what else is out there, because I wanted to be here.”

Paul Pierce: “I’m here with the same goal in mind that everybody else’s goal is, and that’s to win the championship. Truthfully, if I didn’t think the Clippers were close, then no matter home or not, I probably wouldn’t have made this decision.”

Wesley Johnson: “Get a chance to win, I think that was my mindset. I want a chance to win. My track record through my career is I’ve been on teams, unfortunately, that have been bad. So fortunately, I’m on the other side and looking forward to the season, looking forward to expectations that we have, like to win a championship. After they started signing the group of guys they did, I think that we’re able to compete with anybody. We have a clear shot of winning it.”

Josh Smith: “We have an opportunity to be able to do something special, and right now this is what I want to focus on…Hopefully we can do something historic for this franchise. I feel like we have the right pieces to do it. We just have to be able to, like Coach (Rivers) said, get it done early on, and that starts in September.”

Cole Aldrich: “Going from New York last year, where we struggled, to being on a contending team, it’s going to be awesome. You’ve got a bunch of guys that are going to come in every day and work hard and have fun doing it. That’s the biggest thing, is we’re a family. I appreciate all these guys welcoming me and my wife into the family.”

Branden Dawson: “I come from Michigan State, always been competitive. Playing with Tom Izzo, it’s something that he instilled in me, just being competitive, playing with energy. I’m going to do whatever it takes. I love to win and I like being around a good group of guys. I’m willing to do anything, so I’m excited.”