Going into my second Summer League, I felt like I had more knowledge. Just being around the game and learning your routines, and just learning from other guys that you're around, you feel like you pick up on a lot of stuff.Collection: Learning
I'd rather spend my money on clothes. I have a budget. Why not want to look nice? It's something I just value for myself. Instead of just spending money on cars and stuff, I'd rather buy clothes. It's just something I like.Collection: Car
Scouting is important. You just want to know whom you are playing against and how to play them well within the team's defense.
It's all a mind thing, just all mental. You have to know going into the game you have to play at a high level, as many minutes, stuff like that. It's just all mental. You get yourself mentally prepared for it and go out there and play.
Spaghetti is good with ranch, and spaghetti is good with sugar. You put all of that together and make a sandwich out of it, and you get greatness. People shouldn't judge unless they try it.
You want to make as much money as you can and enjoy playing this game as much as you can, but it has a lot to do with how you take care of yourself.
I've been working on a lot of things, just knocking down the three consistently, making smarter moves off the pick-and-roll, improving my dribble a lot.
In college, the whole two years, I never sat out a practice or a game. So your body kind of wears down.
I think it shows my toughness that guys feel like I can rebound. You put me in there to rebound, and I'm gonna get the job done. Anything the coach needs me to do.
You can't really teach rebounding. You can teach how to box out, but rebounding, that's something you've got to have in you.
You never want to hear your name get booed, but it's fine. I'm not going to let it bother me because I know what type of guy I am.
When I wake up in the morning, I'm not worried about nobody. When I go to work, I'm not worried. That's not me trying to say how tough I am, but that's just what it is. I have no fear.
I don't really like to talk too much about what I've been working on. I'm more of a 'show' type of guy.
Every game and every minute you get to step on the court is an opportunity to feel more comfortable and get better.
Any chance a rookie gets to go play in the playoffs, that should be a boost going into summer league. That should be a boost for the rest of your career. That's something that a lot of rookies can't say they did.
I wake up every day like, 'How can I get better, how can I help my teammates be successful? I try to control what I can control and worry about us, nothing else.
I'm not afraid of taking big shots and things like that. It's a 50-50 chance. It might go in, it might not, but I'm not scared to take it.
I know I have the ultimate eye of confidence to take a shot down the stretch if a coach needs me to do it.
I'm going to find my minutes to do something really well to help my team. Whether that's pushing the ball really fast down the court and trying to beat them up the court, rebounding at the guard spot, or something else, I'm going to get in there and do it.
A basketball was in my hands 24/7, playing one-on-one against everybody and anybody, trying to prove against the older guys, just playing. The wind blowing outside, double rims, stuff like that, just always playing ball.
I'm a guy that always had to prove himself on every level I've played, always was the guy that was overlooked.