I want to play basketball so bad.
A lot of guys go into the NBA not being able to shoot the ball well, but then they become great shooters.
I've been shooting my whole life. I don't remember a team where I wasn't playing basketball. It's something I really enjoy, and I shoot for hours at a time.
I feel like I've had 20 years of experience at a very high level, if you throw in college, playing overseas, I've played in hundreds and hundreds of games.
I've had a number of kids in the NBA that I've coached and a number of other great players that I've coached.
The things I've worked on in the offseason have mostly been on my footwork and pick-and-roll - using my size and not just always trying to face up and go by a guy.
The coaches that I have have done an incredible job with me, obviously the stuff we work on on the court.
I was a good shooter in college, but it's a different level here in the NBA and I'm working on getting better.
My dad put up a basket on my street, and I was practicing every day. It was just nuts. But I miss it. Whenever I see a ball, I get itchy!
I'm not going to lie; listen, I'm nice at basketball.
I worked every day - Christmas Eve, birthdays - trying to become a great basketball player. Everywhere I went, I had a basketball.
I have an incredible amount of basketball knowledge, and I think a lot of that is derived from having a Hall of Fame college basketball coach who was very knowledgeable of the game and I had a great high school coach who was also very knowledgeable.
I didn't grow up playing football. I wanted to be a basketball player.
I've always been a basketball player. My earliest memories are of playing basketball. I was born playing it. It's why I'm so comfortable on the floor.
You know me, I play basketball. I just try to take care of that part, make sure I'm ready coming into the workouts. Make sure I'm ready, sharp, things like that.
Basketball is big stuff in New York. If you're good in it, everybody respects you. Nobody would want to ruin your shooting eye or your shooting arm.
You've got to work your way into the NBA. Guys like Seth Curry, it took him a couple years in the G-League.
College, our job is to get guys to get better. Work hard, get better and be in position so when your time comes you get to play in the NBA.
Being in the D-League, I might be able to get into a rhythm and start shooting the ball well and get some confidence and get some reps.
I play basketball probably four to five days a week when I'm back home.
Conditioning is essential to success in basketball.
They don't work with you to get better in the NBA. Either you're ready or you're out and you go to the G-League or Europe.
I've done a lot of basketball drills, not a whole lot of competitive stuff. I have basically been in the gym everyday working on my game, working on the time off that I've had from the game, just getting myself prepared mentally and physically for the season.
I want everyone to know: You can play basketball in Canada and you can still get to where you need to go.
It's so much harder to make the NBA than people think it is.
