Quotes About NBA

I love NBA. I enjoy it, and I also really love the dominance that LeBron James brings to the court.

As far as LeBron James, to me, he's on his way to carving out the very best career that's ever happened in the NBA.

LeBron James without Lonzo is not gonna win a championship in L.A. I guarantee that.

I would go after any rookie. Any rookie with a lot of hype. I used to do it to Jason Kidd. I would go at him. I'd be like, 'Young fella, you're going to get a rude awakening in the NBA.'

I think Jeremy Lin is a really interesting player.

If you were to ask me, I think my jersey will be hanging in the rafters when I retire in Sacramento.

I look at my jersey and see the NBA logo, I'm like, 'I didn't think I'd be here.'

Larry Johnson was fun to watch.

Magic Johnson was my favorite player growing up.

When hired three years ago, I willingly accepted the challenge of leading the Bulls back to the type of team this city richly deserves. I'm proud of the fact that each year the team has taken another step toward an NBA championship, and played with intense pride and determination.

Whenever I hear people crying about Kobe yelling at people in practice or wondering whether or not LeBron is best friends with his teammates, I just roll my eyes. You know how many off-court conversations I had with the Zen-Master Phil Jackson in my entire time with the Lakers? One.

Do I consider the 2003 Draft class the best ever? Yes, absolutely!

If I'm able to get drafted by the New York Knicks, it would be a blessing.

Yeah, I was ready for the NBA. Because I went through a lot of things back overseas. And you know, playing professionally from a young age and then playing against the older guys - guys over 30; older, talented guys - was really tough, but it also helped my game grow and just get me ready for the NBA.

From a young age, I wanted to play in the NBA. Oh well... It was when I was a senior in college that I fell for film, but even then, it wasn't documentaries. It wasn't until I ended up in graduate school at Southern Illinois University that I really discovered documentaries and thought that maybe that would be my calling.

If you're versatile, there's no reason a coach can't have you in the game. That's what my dad's philosophy was, so from a young age, he taught me to be a guard first and a big second, though I don't think he had a crystal ball to be able to see what the NBA would become.

You look at the NBA: there's all these young kids that are drafted on potential. They go to bad teams, they're in bad locker rooms, and now we got this analytics stuff that doesn't teach kids how to play. We've got these workout coaches that don't teach kids how to play basketball.

If this acting thing doesn't work, I'd just put in my resume for NBA.com. I'm a really huge basketball fan... I'll talk all sorts of trash.

I'll tell you what: the most hostile and angry trash talker ever is Gary Payton.

There's not that many tough guys that really talk trash in the NBA.

In college you might think you travel a lot, but it is nowhere close to the NBA.

But it's been a learning experience; learning the NBA, learning the travel schedule and certain coaches, their styles, what they like to run out of timeouts, personnel, tendencies.

I've traveled enough around the world with the NBA to see how much it's grown, globally.

Of course, in college, you're traveling, especially when you're with Duke basketball, but in the NBA, it's on a whole entire level.