Basketball Rivalries Quotes

The NBA is a crazy place.

I am very happy to be here in the NBA.

Christmas Day is a big day for NBA basketball.

When I played in the NBA for 12 years, Seattle had some of the best fans in the NBA.

I'm a big Bulls fan, Michael Jordan fan, LeBron fan.

Just basketball in general in Indiana is just huge, so that's everybody's getaway. That's our main thing, to think about the history. Obviously, Larry Bird is a very, very big part of that.

I think when you saw this year's playoffs, Miami and Detroit have a pretty fierce rivalry now. Also, the Suns and San Antonio look like they're starting to develop something there. I look forward to seeing those rivalries continue and develop.

That's part of the NBA. It's a lot of ups and downs.

I've always watched the NBA growing up.

That's the thing about the NBA; there's another game.

I want to be in such a basketball city like New York.

I had orders from the great Bill Russell. Me and him were talking in Seattle the other day, and he was telling me how rivalries should be. I asked him if he ever disliked anybody he played against, and he told me, 'No, never,' and he told me that I should shake Kobe Bryant's hand and let bygones be bygones and bury the hatchet.

The Spurs are a great organization.

It's really tough in the NBA.