Quotes About Basketball

In my era, where I'm from, I only had Donald Whiteside. He's from Englewood and he's the only one that came out of Englewood. Other than him, I really didn't have anyone else to look up to that was from my area. So in seeing him, I never gave up hope, just kept playing and then I realized that I might have a future in basketball.

The key to guarding Kevin Durant is to play really good team defense. One on one, it's just tough. So you try to get all five guys to play against him.

The hardest guy I had to guard: Hakeem Olajuwon. No one can guard Hakeem. And then, Kevin McHale.

Kevin Gamble was one of the first NBA players from my city.

I am excited to play on the same team as LeBron James, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Love.

I know we're going to be connected for a long time, Kevin Durant and Greg Oden. He's a really, really good player. I'm a pretty decent player. So I hope things work out.

Now, is Lil B jealous of Kevin Durant on the basketball court? Hmm. Maybe. Maybe not. I love basketball. Do I wish I could play in front of all those people everyday, all day? Of course. I love basketball.

Kevin Durant's kind of been my favorite player my whole life, so it's going to be fun going against him in the Garden.

I like Kevin Durant's game! Ain't nothing he can't do. Shoot. Has a handle. Plays D. Scores at will.

I think anybody would want to be compared to Kevin Durant.

Kevin Durant, to me in my personal opinion, is the best player in the NBA.

That's a great trade. I'd trade myself for Kevin Garnett.

Of course I've been compared to Kevin Durant.

I would love to play with Kevin Durant.

Guarding Kevin Durant - that's fun for me.

He's a great shot-blocker. So once you go in there, you've got to either get into his body and get an and-one, or you've got to drive and kick. It's not all about trying to force the shot over a shot-blocker like Nerlens Noel. You've got to kick it.

When I draw defenders into the lane, it's easy for me to kick it out.

Durant, man! Has that killer instinct.

I love being around Dirk. Off the court, he is hilarious. Like, one of the funniest dudes I've ever been around and I don't think people realize because, you know, they see him on the court as an absolute killer.

In 2001, I watched Kinder Bologna win the EuroLeague, and I thought, Damn, I want to the win that some day. I remember thinking it was the coolest thing in the world.

I love giving local kids and families the chance to experience Kings basketball for the first time.

Brook's always had a knack for putting the ball in the bucket, and I would have to go out there and try to stop him. That would be my thing.

I'm the type of guy, I get mad if I see you keep dribbling in front of me. I'm going to try to get it eventually. I just got a knack for the ball, I guess.

Some guys are just great basketball players and they have the knack for scoring, so people just allow them to get by with that ability without teaching them anything new, without really coaching them.