Kemba Walker Quotes

One of my favorite aspects of basketball is good passing.

In college, I got better at playing the 2, kind of got a feel for it coming off screens, found my rhythm. Before that I was a natural point guard.

I'm known for setting good screens.

That's what I do - I run the floor, I run the wing. Either get easy layups or transition threes.

I know I have to be good on pick-and-rolls.

Small ball, spacing, shooting 3s, is something that everybody's trying to do.

I could always shoot and pass.

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

I am very confident in my game, whether I'm shooting, driving or creating for my teammates.

I've played with a couple good shooters, but I've never been on a team where there's been three, four, five, six good shooters. And I've always thought that nothing gets you open more than being surrounded by good shooters.

I feel great in pick-and-roll.

Offense is spacing and spacing is offense.

I love being a wing, you can make plays there and also get down there to download the bigs so I feel that is the perfect position for me.

I like to score when I can, but if I can't do that, I like to do the other things - defense, blocking, rebounding.

If I get my teammates going early, then my shots usually open up. Come off pick and roll and make the pocket pass on the first one. Then it's like OK, does the defender step up now? Then next time I may have the layup. So, just playing the game like that. Reading and reacting and not thinking too much.

A lot of good pick-and-roll players keep the defenders on their back so they can see the whole floor.

You really watch basketball and study basketball, the more you realize, the pass really is beautiful. I'm not just talking about the pass where you look away or anything. Just the right pass at the right time to get somebody open is just beautiful. There is nothing better than that. It's contagious - it makes everybody happy.

I always think of myself as a point guard.

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.

At the end of the day, a point guard's got to do his job.

In street ball, you really don't care about playing defense, unless it's some kind of flashy steal or a big block where you bat the ball across the court, but all you're really worried about is scoring.

When I play, there are things throughout the game that I notice, especially rebounding.