Basketball Strategies Quotes

People asked me, 'Why aren't you doing something more important?' When I was doing well in the D-League, they were like, 'Why can't you get an NBA job? Or a college job?' I don't think people thought much of what I was doing. That's fine. I was learning. Not just X's and O's, but team dynamics.

I watch a lot of NBA basketball, especially with the playoffs.

I watch basketball. I got League Pass, so I watch a lot of basketball. Each and every night I watch basketball, so I keep up with the whole league.

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.

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

I have a casual interest in the NBA.

I always was intrigued by the N.B.A.

I can't tell you the difference between the triangle offense and the Princeton offense.

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

I enjoy watching basketball, yeah.

I mean, it's very difficult up there in the NBA.

Sometimes, it's the little plays that I make that can change the outcome of the game - whether it's blocking a shot or blitzing a guard or getting an offensive rebound.

Baseball is like cricket, and I grew up in a country where they had cricket. So I understand cricket, soccer and basketball. I played basketball at the club level and a little bit in college, so that's why I'm a basketball fanatic.

Karl Malone used a lot of veteran stuff that I thought was cool. Charles Barkley taught me a lot when I played against him. How he would use his body or use his dribble to get people in there and all that stuff. Veteran moves.

When you're watching from the bench, you can pick up on everything - where guys like to shoot the ball from, how teams defend the pick-and-roll, which big men are good at hedging the screen and so on.

I play 'Fortnite', I play 'FIFA', I'm trying to get into 'NBA' a little bit.

When I was small, playing NBA Live, that's how I knew everyone in the NBA. That's how I learned about the players.

It's really tough in the NBA.

You can play pickup basketball, but you can't really re-create football.