(NBA commissioner David) Stern and the league put us all in a bind. We understand the situation. We're going to play another year in Oklahoma City, and then after that we have no idea what's going to happen. |
[The Princeton offense] is old-style basketball. Dribble, pass and shoot. I always thought it's the way the game was supposed to be played. |
After we drafted Chris Paul, it became obvious that Dan would look to sign elsewhere in order to have a chance to compete for a starting point guard job, ... Making this trade gives Dan that chance, which he earned by what he did for us last season, and it also prevents us from losing him without compensation. We wish him the best of luck in Boston. |
After we drafted Chris Paul, it became obvious that Dan would look to sign elsewhere in order to have a chance to compete for a starting point guard job, |
All we can do is control our destiny and try to win games. If they win then you've got to take your hat off to them. We can give ourselves an opportunity by winning games. That's all we can do. |
As a player, you're coming in wide-eyed and bushy-tailed and you have no idea of all the things that are going to be thrown at you at a very early stage, and it can be frightening at times. |
As good as [Duncan] is, he?s not overpowering like Shaq. Shaq is a different beast as far as having to deal with him on that level. |
Both of them are physical. Both of them are aggressive. It just gives us a different look. |
David will be an integral part of improving our team and helping me get them to the next level. |
Deke came in the second quarter and did a heck of a job. He was doing a great job of blocking shots, taking up space and that?s what we needed. |
Even though we won the game we have a lot of things to learn from. Our athleticism and our quickness are the keys to our team and we need to use them to our advantage. |
For a 20-year-old, he really understands the magnitude of these games. We just needed other guys to step up, and we did that with seven guys in double figures. |
Fourteen down, in this league, with 12 minutes left in the game is nothing. We relaxed. On the defensive end, they get any shot they want. And then you try to pick it back up offensively, and you're dead. We have done that three or four times already this season. |
Great players make great plays. Kobe hit some big shots. |
Having Magic Johnson and Michael Cooper kind of take me under their wing, I didn't really have to worry a whole lot. |