I remember an incident overseas about five years ago where a player punched a referee and knocked him cold. I don't think anything like that will ever happen in the NBA. Emotions run rampant. The games are so intense, and the stakes are so high. (But) At the end of the day, players and coaches really respect officials and really appreciate that they try to do a good job. |
I thought about taking the three, but when you're 0-for-5, I guess you've got to get a better look at it. |
I wanted that one. I wanted that one very bad and I'd have liked to see what had happened had he not blocked my shot. |
I wasn't surprised about being traded. I would have been surprised if it was a team that wasn't speculated in the rumors. |
I would have been totally surprised had it not been a team that had been speculated practically since the Vince Carter trade. Everybody understands Toronto's actively in a rebuilding mode. |
I'd be lying to say it doesn't add to it to be going to New York. Every player, when they step into the Garden, there's a different bounce to that arena, a different atmosphere, a different feeling being in New York ... I'm definitely going to be a little bit nervous and excited about playing my first game there. |
I'm a dresser, so it's not going to be that much of a change for me. |
I'm excited to go to New York. Every player, when they step into the Garden, there is a different pulse to that building. I'm definitely going to be a little bit nervous and excited. |
I've never been part of a situation like that -- and I'm sure I've never heard anybody in professional sports make a comment so negative that early in the season, |
I've never said that I wanted to play for another team. I'm not saying that now, |
If you look at the scope of our team, we don't have a lot of guys [who have] played in winning situations. Probably some in high school and college, but the majority not in the NBA. And when you haven't [won], you learn on the fly. |
If you're Mark Cuban, you're not less of an owner if you have on a Mavericks shirt than if you have on a blazer. |
In the second quarter we just could not score. We had nine points in the second quarter, and obviously in the NBA, you can't win with that. |
It felt good to be out there and hear your name called. They had 20 more shots than we did, but we did a good job of keeping the turnovers low and knocking down open looks when we had them. We did a better job in the second half of playing defense. |
It felt good to be out there, hear your name called, what college you went to. |