Everybody knows that if the United States were ever to have its best players playing in the Olympics, then it would not be close. You can talk all you want about the rest of the world closing the gap, and that's true. But when the best players in the world are on one team, you're not going to beat them. |
Finally, I had a good day I can be proud of, but it would have been better if we'd won. |
Hopefully, we're going to close out this season the way we're supposed to and go into the playoffs and do something good there. |
I didn't run away from here. They were one of the teams that had a chance to go to the playoffs, so I decided to give it a shot, change something and it turned out to be good. It's too early to tell [about his future], I'd really like to stay in L.A., but we have to talk about it. |
I don't see it as a gamble. I just hope I'm going to stay healthy and try to be better than I was last year. I'm ready mentally and physically. |
I don't think I said anything bad about Bob. I'm still here and trying to do my best. This is not the time to talk about minutes. |
I don't think there's much to say, |
I don't think we're going to play football in the playoffs. Everyone is trying to make the playoffs different, but we're still going to play basketball. Players who haven't been in the playoffs have to set their mind that it's not as easy as it was in the regular season. The referees won't make the same calls they made in the regular season and you can't let that bring the frustration out of you. That's the biggest adjustment. |
I still remembered about how to play basketball. (Friday) was tough, I'll have to admit it. But you have to respect coach's decision. Nothing surprises me anymore, so I am trying to be focused. |
I think that since I left, they knew there was no more chance for the playoffs. They've been playing younger players and trying to build the team up for next year. It's hard to see that, but I'm really happy that I'm in the playoffs. |
I'm glad I've been able to do that for this team. It's all about putting the pieces together, and now I think we have almost everything. I'm really enjoying it. I wish I came here before this. |
I'm just glad we won a game. I am happy to be here and play with all these guys and have some fun and hope we can do something great. |
It is all up to the coach, ... If I am coming off the bench, I guess I don't have a choice. There is a training camp, and that is the place to get a starting position, and I am ready for it. |
It was one of those games we had to come in and play hard from the beginning of the game and that is what we did. They didn't have a field goal for about the first six minutes of the game. We showed them how we were going to play and it paid off. |
It was really hard. I think that's what we missed. That's probably the reason why we didn't play the way we're supposed to play because we all like to practice easy, but sometimes you need somebody to push you a little bit in order to get better. |