Look at the Lakers. You saw them with Kobe and Shaq and they won championships together. Then Shaq left and what happened? Every action figure needs [help], like Batman and Robin. One man doing it all is a fairytale. |
My decision would've been different. Nothing against Jim O'Brien, but I could never understand his plans for me. But Mo Cheeks told me I was going to play. Now, if I don't produce, it's on me. |
That would have been a tough decision. If the staff didn't change, it would have been something to think about. |
That's the last time I'm going to avoid somebody. From now on I'm just going to throw myself on everybody. There was no room for me to land. |
The doctor told me I was supposed to be in for three or four minutes at a time, then take a break and go back in. But I felt good and I wanted to stay the whole practice. What happened is one guy got the fast break and I ran after him and tried to push the second gear, and I kind of pulled it up a little bit. |
There was no warning, nothing. |
There was no warning, nothing. Not starting is one thing but not playing is like them telling me what you were doing wasn't good enough. |
This was where I wanted to be all along. I wanted to be here, I wanted to play with Chris [ Webber ]. He took me under his wing last season and I feel there is still so much I can learn from him. |
This year, it's the same thing. It's always a step back. |
We took control of the game and shut them down. We controlled the tempo of the game and didn't really let them get back in. |
We're trying hard, we're just making mistakes. Defensive-wise, we pretty much know what we should do. |
We're up now. I think we just realize what needs to be done. Not having Chris out there is a deficit for us, but we just have to make up for his offense. Steven brought that tonight with his effort and I just tried to do my thing. With two athletic guys, we're going to make the game difficult. |
You can't imagine. The way things went down for me, just coming back from injury, the last thing you expected is just not playing. It's one thing if you're not starting. But the last thing you expect is not being able to play, and that's a surprise. |