Quotes About NBA

There have been few players that haven't been traded over the years in the NBA.

When I got traded to the Lakers in '97, Kobe Bryant was just a rookie.

You know, my first nine years I only played for two teams, Chicago and New York. And the only reason I got traded from New York was the 2010 free agency period, when they had a chance to sign LeBron and D-Wade and that whole class, and I understood that. But from there it's kind of been a roller coaster.

The NBA is sometimes a crazy business, and we've seen crazy trades and crazy stuff happening the same night of the draft.

Trades happen in the NBA. I've had a lot of teammates in my six years, so I know kind of how it works.

The NBA is fairy tale and real life mixed together.

I got hooked up with the NBA Nation and the next thing I knew I was judging the Sprite Slam Dunk Showdown. They needed somebody who can travel on the weekends and go up to eight different cities.

It really doesn't matter to me. We're just talking about clothes. I can understand what the NBA is trying to do. I love my sneakers, but we're just talking about clothes.

I'll never forget the 2019 edition of International Fight Week for a couple of reasons: Not only did I experience my first earthquake, but I also got to work as a sideline reporter for three NBA Summer League games.

My decision leaving the Nuggets was based on the organization not saying they had the cap room to sign me.

I trust the NBA, I trust the league and Adam Silver and the job he's been able to do.

I have so much love and respect for the Indiana Pacers, for the NBA, for fans, because they do support us in many ways.

I influenced the NBA a little bit.

I think that's a big challenge in the NBA: How quickly can you adapt? Because things always change in the league - whether it's trade, free agency, an injury, you have to adapt quickly.

People around the NBA really think that I'm dumb or stupid. But people that know me know that I'm actually very intelligent.

The NBA is intense, but the NFL is a whole 'nother level of intensity and dramatic, game-changing plays.

The key about playing internationally is the confidence that you gain. Not only do you train with some of the best players in the NBA, but you compete against some of the best players in the world.

Growing up, my first interview when I was 14, I said, 'Yeah, I'm going to play in the NBA.' Everybody was like, 'Who is this kid? He is cocky.'

You know, over 30 years, I've seen a lot of things happen. I've seen the League go from power players to pound it down inside, to really incorporating the three-point shot in the last eight to 10 years. So it's really been interesting to watch the game as it's progressed throughout the years.

We had a strong relationship with Walter Brown, and felt that he was the best owner in the league.

The NBA makes you become a bigger version of what you already were. If you were somebody who was not so nice and you came into a lot of money and fame, then you're probably going to abuse that in the wrong way. But if you come into those things and you were doing the right things, then chances are you're going to do more of the right things.

David Stern should get with the mothers of the NBA and let the moms decide what the dress code should be. I asked my mother if I could wear a chain, and she told me yeah. So I do stuff that my parents allow me to do.

I'm a classically trained painter, and I was an illustrator in New York working with Fortune 500s companies as well as the NBA and the Olympics. I first got into sculpting when I created a sculpture based on a painting I had done for the 1984 Olympics.

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