Kentavious Caldwell-Pope Quotes

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

I just try to set good screens and get my teammates open.

When you play with Kobe Bryant, the ball is gonna be with him most of the time, which is understandable.

People have to understand what my game is. It's not all about numbers. There's a bigger picture here. I don't create off the dribble. I rely on my teammates; my role is to set screens and get rebounds.

Michael Jordan and Magic and myself all learned how to play the game in college programs that emphasized the team.

It doesn't matter who scores the points, it's who can get the ball to the scorer.

People have always thought of me as a passer of the ball, but you can't just be that these days.

I've always been the point guard, always been the floor general out there, and it's helped me see things I didn't previously see on offense from a shooting guard standpoint.

In high school, I played a lot of point forward, and I had to get everyone involved.

If I have the ball in my hands, I'll make a play. If don't, I'll try to get in position to make a play. I think that's what it comes down to.

I know what I can do and I know I can pass the ball. I know I can be a true point guard and I know I can score also.

I think I'm a good enough ball handler to bring the ball up the basketball court, and my teammates do a great job of getting open.

When I come off the ball screen, I'm always trying to draw another defender, so where I can get my teammates open, and if not, I can score the basketball.

It's a scary thing when a team don't know who to match up to, whose night it's going to be on the offensive end.

I would love playing with a guy like Porzingis who can score, stretch the floor, who can do a lot, a lot of different things. But I could see myself doing some pretty good things with other teams, too.

I like the uniqueness and creativity you can have on a basketball court; there's always a different way to score. Obviously, you have teammates, so it's easier to draw up plays, and tennis, you have your patterns and where you should hit based on percentage.

I feel like I can play point guard for any team in the league and average a double-double.

I think I can score. But personally, I like to pass first, because people love people who pass. And I'm a point guard, so my job is to kind of get people open.

Actually I think it's better for me to come off the bench, because for them first couple of minutes when that first five is in there, you can see the little things and what you need to do when you get in there.

When we're able to get stops, get the ball off the glass and run, you never know who's going to get the ball. Everyone takes off, runs to their spots, and the ball just finds the open man.

Not everyone gets to have one of the few super-dominant, all-pro, superstars in this league, and so playing with the pass and playing with space and playing quick is a really good backup.

In Atlanta, we ran a motion offense, so, obviously, I was on the move a lot.

We need to play tough defense and have a sound offense. But mostly, we have to outrebound the other team.

I think, for me, I'm making the right plays and finding my teammates if I'm not open and finishing strong around the rim.

Isolation basketball will always be part of the game. But the system has to be predicated on ball movement and, more importantly, player movement.