My Mount Rushmore of all-time teammates includes Greg Oden, Marc Gasol, Zach Randolph, and Rudy Gay
I'd probably have to say Greg [Oden] for one... Marc Gasol... Honestly, I think Zeebo, Zach Randolph for sure... My fourth might be like Rudy Gay. He was a good teammate.
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View episodeDerek Jeter's face is starting to look like a baseball glove
He's slowly becoming a member of the Fat Face Club in retirement. That face, it's starting to get basketball shaped a little bit... His face looks like a baseball glove now.
The Yankees are actually better without Derek Jeter
Kind of strange how the Yankees started winning after [Jeter] retired. Are the Yankees better without Derek Jeter?
The Warriors' championship will have an asterisk because they cheated by injuring Kawhi Leonard
The Warriors were dead, and then they decided to cheat and came back to life... I, for one, am very happy that this happened because now I'm ready to put an asterisk on the Warriors championship. Just like that. They had a cakewalk through the West. They ran into a hobbled Spurs team.
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View profileThe Spurs always successfully find the right veterans to fit their system
Actually, [the Spurs] are a team that just it's like a revolving door of talent. They always bring in the right pieces and the right guys to fit the system. And no matter how old or you might think they are, they might be getting guys that are on the tail end of their careers are still able to do and play at a high level.
Kevin Durant joining the Warriors didn't change the mindset because they were already the team to beat
When [Durant] went there, I think it surprised everybody... but it's the same mindset. You already knew Golden State was the team to beat, and now they're still the team to beat with Kevin Durant. So the mindset didn't change. It was how are we going to beat them.
I know every NBA referee by name to build rapport and avoid technicals
I talk to all of them. Know them all by name... Go up to them before the game, say what's up.