Quotes About NBA

I never felt I had the kind of relationship with Magic that I could just pick up the phone and call him at home.

If the money's equal between the Rockets and Mavericks, I think players are picking Houston. Every time.

When you're bad in the NBA, you're in the lottery. When you're great in college, you get multiple lottery picks.

I'm pretty sure every team in the NBA would love to have Paul Pierce on their team.

This is the pinnacle of the basketball world, you know, in the NBA you're playing against the best guys in the world, and best defensive players in the world, so you have to be able to outthink them and make the right decisions.

As a kid, you always wanna play for either the Lakers or Boston just for the rivalry alone.

It was just one of those things that, you know, you get to the NBA and have success and you just wanna play against the best, you don't wanna play with the best.

I feel like when it comes to rap - like, real rap music - and knowing the pioneers of rap, I feel like there's no competition for me in the NBA. Other guys can rap, but they're not as invested or as deep into actual music as I am and always have been. I think that might be what the difference is. I'm more wanting to be an artist.

The NBA Schedule was made up by one man, Eddie Gottlieb, who had owned the Philadelphia Warriors. Eddie had a Buddha-like body and a crinkly smile, and because he had also been an owner in baseball's old Negro leagues, he was known as the Mogul.

I can't speak for the Warriors but for me and my career, being traded to the Celtics changed the trajectory of my career.

I used to be a big fan of the NBA until Kevin Durant joined the Golden State Warriors.

I was 5'3' when I was 15, but suddenly shot up to over 6 feet by the time I turned 18 and it was clear that an NBA career was up for grabs.

I've spent a lot of time in the United States and Canada and I am grateful for the opportunities that I've been given by people, and the game of basketball, and the NBA.

I was raised in the NBA. I've seen some guys stay and I've seen a lot go. I've watched James Harden be a rival of mine for Sixth Man of the Year to an MVP candidate.

I'd get rid of it, just get rid of the draft altogether. We'd just deal with the salary cap.

I am one of the last true centers in the NBA, and it's a title that I enjoy to hold.

I have a lot of respect for Shaq. He's one of the greatest NBA centers of all time.

The Dream is one of the best centers to play this game.

For Australians to make it in the NBA, it's very hard, and for Australians to make it and win an NBA championship is even harder.

When I was eighteen and I won the European Championship - that's when I realized I had an opportunity to play in the NBA one day.

I don't want to be one of those guys who is just there. I want to be a guy that's on a team that makes it and be an All-Star and has a chance to always win an NBA championship.

Everybody's goal in the NBA is to win a Championship - that's the ultimate.

The Bucks and John Hammond chose me in the draft, got me in the NBA, kept me in the team with a role from my very first season, and they are my basketball family.

Christmas Day is a big day for NBA basketball.