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"You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore."
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"Handball, swimming, running, jumping, basketball, and boxing were as much a part of me as breathing."
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"The basketball coach cut me within two days, so I was back in the pool. I was the first one in the wall after the first 25 yards, but the last one out because I didn't have a flip turn."
"The 76ers currently play very good basketball, and we don't. However, we are still only one win behind them. If we continue to improve, we should be on the top of our division at the end of the regular season."
"By analogy, if we were to develop a soccer team, then we would not invite basketball and volleyball players to the try outs. We would invite soccer players to apply."
"I believe that whatever we have, regardless of a trade being done or not, I feel we have a shot. I've just got to believe that we're going to be all right. I've got to just play basketball."
"I like basketball, and I've been to three games, which is so much more fun than seeing it on TV, I think."
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"We're all Americans trying to compete. Magic was competing for his team and Larry for his team."
"This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money."
"But I think the image that's thrown out on television is a bad image. Because you see players who want to imitate hip-hop stars. And the NBA is taking advantage of the situation."
"Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game."
"Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could."
"I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college."
"The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches."
"When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots."
"I don't blame David Stern because a player gets on the court and he doesn't put out competitively. No one can make you play if you don't want to play."
"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os."
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