Hakeem never wanted to be just a center and at first didn't even know how to explain the difference between the five positions Being naive about basketball worked in my favor I didn't approach basketball with any preconceived notions I watched the guards and I was inspired by their creativity

Tony Allen on Hasheem Thabeet He was a bad young fella for me He didn't listen When I got to Memphis his hard headed ass didn't listen to st

Tyrese Maxey on VJ Edgecombes role next season I was in this same kind of predicament my 2nd year when James Harden came to the teamas soon as James got there him and Joel said dont think that this changes anything for you as far as your progression

McGee I barely worked out when I was playing with the Warriors I would just do conditioning Because Im like if I shoot a jump shot they taking me the fuck out So why am I shooting jump shots So it was all conditioning thats all they wanted me to do Screen roll up and back catch lobs

Marcus Smart on playing with Kevin Durant I get to be on the other side of him taking the shots and not taking the shots over mehis ability to make shots it doesn't matter who's there And it also doesn't help that he's close to seven foot and I'm close to six foot

Trae Young I know angles I know how to score from every level I feel I'm just smarter than 95 of the league If I was blessed enough to be 6'8 the world would look at me even more different That was God humbling me He made me 6'2 and I'm still able to do what I do at a high level

Cam Boozer on why he played eight games of summer league Its why I love the gamefor games like this where its high-intensity its back-and-forth and youre competing against great players