Every game we play is important. |
Everybody said he would be the guy to bring up. When he was at Iowa State, I thought that guy was going to be a terrific NBA player. He had good size, and he kind of had an NBA game when he was in college. |
Finally, we planted our feet, defined ourselves and got the stops we needed. It's always good when you can hold off a team when you've got to make plays and you've got to make stops. I think that was significant. |
Had we known, we wouldn't have bought it. We were very angry. |
He (Johan) made jump shots, and I thought that kid was ... for someone we considered putting in the D-League, he was pretty good. |
He can be an All-Star. |
He can be his own worst enemy. He wants to be perfect. I told him [before Wednesday's game] to go have fun. |
He can run the floor as well as anyone I can remember for a big man. God just said, 'Here you go, you're 6-10.' His damn hands are like gloves. He's quick and strong and he can jump. And he's got a nice touch around the basket. I think he can become a very, very good low-post player. |
He comes into a totally unfamiliar situation, has no practice time to learn the system and does what he did out there tonight. That was great. He brought some very positive energy to our team. |
He has an enormous ego, which is good because that's why he's (in the NBA). He probably doesn't, behind closed doors, respect Kobe (Bryant) but he's got to respect (coach) Phil (Jackson) so that will kind of keep him in his place. He was the type of kid who had natural basketball instinct. He did things I couldn't teach. |
He is an active (small forward) and a post-up (guard). But he can do so many things. (Sunday) in practice, he was the best player on the court, bar none. |
He never really established himself. I talked to him in the hotel and he seemed sad. But he said it was a good deal for both teams. |
He really did a good job. He had a good attitude. He was in here early every day. I would venture to guess he was in here when he didn't have to be. I think he's an NBA player. |
He took jump shots with a hand in his face. He shot the ball a lot but when he had to make them he made his share. |
He was somewhere else tonight. I don't how else to explain it. He turned it over, couldn't make a shot. |