I think he's living up to those expectations and doing better than a lot of people thought he would, the so-called basketball experts. |
I think it's fun to have the discussions about Kobe. I think it's a terrific water cooler subject. Can he go for 100? Can he outscore a team by himself? |
I think there are probably 1.3 billion reasons why China is important. And given the fact that basketball is the number one team sport among the kids in China, so it will seem to be natural that as China grows, so will the NBA business here grow. |
I was pleased to find somebody analyzing pro sports, as thought to be a business. I was impressed with his professionalism and his understanding of the key drivers in our business. His conclusions were all wrong, but that led to some friendly and heated debate, and that was the start of our friendship. |
I would say that the city is making it pretty clear of what they want us to do, and we'll accommodate them. |
I would say to Byron let me make that decision and he should focus more on basketball. And if you see him, tell him that. We're going to be back. |
I'll see what she wants. |
I'm actually glad or sad to say that we planned the security for this event, with the prospects of war, at the orange level, ... The All-Star activities are going forward. |
I'm having as good a time as I've ever had. All systems are go. |
I've said it from Day 1 that Oklahoma City is a temporary, interim stop. |
I've taken the tour, sampled the fare, looked at the extraordinary video board ? this is one exciting building. You cannot miss the video board, it is simply the best in the league. |
If (players) are really going to have a problem, they will have to make a decision about how they want to spend their adult life in terms of playing in the NBA or not, ... quite liberal and easygoing. |
If he bumped into him on the street and saw him somewhere in Tanzania, he wouldn't know who he was back in 1998. |
If not, that's a decision we can accept. But then we'll have to act on it ourselves. |
If the head of the referees' association were smart, he would stop issuing press releases. |