“I think P.J.’s one of the best screeners in this modern-day era. In terms of his nuance with it, IQ, timing, deception, feel and his variety of different ways to get guys open, it really is remarkable. He can do it in pick-and-rolls, off-ball, in hammer screens, a lot of things that you can’t really teach. You have to have such a superior level of mind and IQ for the timing of those kind of screens. It’s been really fun to see that part of his genius off the ball. He’s as good as anyone I’ve seen. He’s just a winning player. And that’s probably the shame of it. To the average fan, unless we constantly educate people, no one will have any idea of how many things that he impacts."-"Heat" coach Erik Spoelstra. It's a very good point. I am one of those people who need educating.
“PJ is amazing. He doesn’t care about literally anything but that scoreboard and he’ll do whatever it takes to win. I mean, he comes up to me and says, ‘My goal is to get you 15 threes.’ He’s just selfless like that. You see the way he competes on defense, rebounds. He just wins all those in-between areas, and he brings a certain level of toughness that I just think sets the tone every single game.”-Duncan Robinson.
“I mean Tuck is one of the hardest-playing guys in the NBA. He should always make All-Defensive team. He’s a guy who has no letup… His intensity of how he plays, how he handles situations, how he handles guarding people, how he handles his communication is awesome. He’s a veteran’s veteran, and he’s a pro’s pro. He’s a man. You know what I mean? It’s tough not to want to go in the battlefield with him.”-Kyle Lowry.
“He’s three times more than what I thought he was. He just is. If I wanted to put on a defensive clinic, I would probably use him as an example on how to close out, how to get in a stance, how to slide your feet, how to stay in a play when you’re beat, how to get over a pick, how to communicate and talk. These are just on the defensive end, and how to blitz, switch and those kind of things.” Offensively, “He’s a heat-seeking missile,”-"Heat" president Pat Riley.
“If you want recognition, then my job isn’t a job for you. I don’t care. I don’t do highlights. I don’t care. It doesn’t matter to me.”-PJ Tucker.
