Carmelo Anthony

The 2003-04 Pistons would have won the title even more easily if they had drafted me

I actually thought I was going to Detroit, man. And that was a loaded team. I just knew I was going to Detroit... They were a great team. And [I] would have complimented them perfectly because they were winning a title scoring 80 points. Could have used a guy like [me].

Internal friction between players can ruin a team's championship chances regardless of talent

If you don't have chemistry with your teammates or on the team, I don't care how good you are, you're not going to win... If the point guard beefed with the big, that put the ring in jeopardy. And that's a true statement.

Anthony Davis can be Robin, but LeBron James can only be Batman

I think AD can be Robin... LeBron could try to be Robin, but that ain't who he is. He is Batman. You know, he Bruce Wayne. AD can be Robin. He can switch it up.

The United States is still the best in the world at basketball

I knew we was going to win. We're the best in the world. I don't care what nobody say... They're only catching up to us because they're learning from us.

It is now impossible for a single star to win an NBA title alone

Now it's like you try to do that now your ass would be out the league. Because it's impossible for anybody to do that... I don't want to say it's sad, but it is sad. Because it's impossible for you to try to go do it by yourself.

Damian Lillard needs to leave Portland if he wants to win an NBA ring

I understand what's going on with [Damian Lillard] and how he's thinking. Now, we all have these man-to-man conversations, and I tell them, look... whatever you feel like will get you to that, to a ring, then you have to make that happen. And it's not about being disrespectful... you handle your business and you go from there. And if it don't work, it don't work.