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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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"I just want to try to ignore the scrutiny and all the distractions and just play hard basketball and let the best come... Improving game by game and trying to improve my game is what I want to do."
"Basketball is a team game. But that doesn't mean all five players should have the same amount of shots."
"Yeah, I like cars and basketball. But you know what I like more? Bananas."
"The only reason I went to college was to play basketball. I injured my knee and couldn't play."
"Basketball isn't as popular in Canada as it is in the US. Hockey is by far the most popular sport in Canada."
"Theaters are great. They're designed to sound good, not for basketball."
"Basketball was not my main sport in grade school, or even the first year of high school."
"Basketball is in my blood. It is my obligation to try."
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"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."
"You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os."
"This is where young players today want to land. They want to be NBA players because of the money."
"I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college."
"When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player."
"When you go into a game on offense, you make a couple moves and see what the defender is going to do. Then you pretty much can figure out what he is going to do against you - whether he carries his hands low or high, whether he is bumping or pushing, those type of things."
"It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!"
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