Quotes About Basketball

Being able to guard the pick and roll makes you a high asset in the NBA.

Something I've come to really admire about Kyrie is that he's always computing out there - he's logging everything that happens, and since nobody can guard him, that's scary to think about.

When you play guard, you're not going to block a lot of shots. Inside, you're going to block shots.

When I got the call to guard Magic, I knew that I could cause him a lot of problems.

When I guard LeBron, I used to always want him to shoot, but he would just make the right play. He's legendary for making the right play, and it's really hard to guard when you're a team player.

Any guard would love playing with a great big man, one who rebounds, blocks shots, and scores.

In college, playing the two guard, I found a way to get drafted.

Chauncey Billups is really not a scoring guard.

We guard the shooter. A lot of guys shoot way behind the 3-point line. We guard where the shooter is, not where the line is.

I played guard my whole life, and liked having the ball in my hands.

You've got to be able to guard hard and then work yourself offensively to get shots.

There's not a lot of guys in this league who are tough for me to guard. It's a short list.

There are so many pick and rolls in an NBA game. It's so hard to guard.

I'm a big guard, whether a 1 or 2.

It's kind of like, I'm just a guard.

If I improve on the jump shot then I will be hard to guard.

To me, a big man has to be able to guard on the perimeter.

When you move into becoming more of a shooting guard, you get more catch-and-shoot three's, lot of pin-downs and things like that where you shoot the three a lot more.

Obviously teams know, and everyone in the league knows how much I like to touch the paint. And with them having to guard my 3-point shot, it'll only make it easier for me to touch the paint.

I played center but if I didn't have to guard guys damn near twice my size every night, I was free to roam around and do a lot more. I could guard the perimeter.

What would I do if I were being guarded by Marcus Smart? There's not much you can do!

If you're guarded, you drive the ball or move the ball and make a quick decision, and help someone else.

Goal of mine is to make first team All-Defense. The way you do that is guarding the best players.

In the NBA, there is a guy guarding you, and you really have to try shooting over him.