My whole life, I've felt like I can do anything on the basketball court, from playing point guard in high school to having to play center one year in high school, doing everything in college and going through different roles in Philadelphia.
My game has really picked up in the NBA.
It's the nature of basketball sometimes: every player and coach are going to have run-ins.
Seattle was my favorite team growing up, so I know a little bit about Coach Karl and his history. He's one of the best coaches in the game, well-respected by much of his peers and much of his players.
I was always a guy who could score the ball as a kid, but everybody wanted to score. And I always wanted to be different in some type of way.
It's important to dabble in things that interest you, and for me, I'm interested in the tech space that is here in Silicon Valley, fashion and golf.
I really don't care what people call me. I don't like 'Iggy,' but I'm used to it now.
Guys on Team U.S.A. were calling me Iggy just to mess with me. I've been called that since I was a kid. I don't care.
I just want to play ball. As long as people like the way I play, I'm cool.
I'm always training. I've been told that I don't take enough time off.
Every player goes through streaks where they're just not making their shots. It may last two games, it may last ten games, and a lot of times, it's something off the court that is bothering you, or coach might cut your minutes for some unknown reason.
I used to be PlayStation only, but Xbox 360 is really cool, so we play 'Live' and 'Tiger.'
When you get to college, they're never teaching you how to start a credit line or get a loan on a car, things of that nature.
The majority of NBA players' upbringing, there's not much financial education.
With the exception of maybe Vegas or Miami once or twice, other than that, it's all the same to me. I can't hear anything in the club with the loud music, so you're in there, and you're like, 'I can't hear you because of the loud music.' I hate that, yelling back and forth. And I don't drink, so it's kind of pointless.
I've had a lot of help... from Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, venture capitalists. They've helped me out a ton.
NBA players, we're directly involved in the tech world whether we know it or not. Media content and wearables directly influence us every day.
In every sector of business, it's really hard to build something where you can get on a good run. In sports, it's even harder because you only have a small window for an athletic career.
Michael Jordan and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar were the two guys with unstoppable moves.
If I get on the golf course, my basketball game is a direct reflection of how many rounds of golf I can get. So, the more rounds of golf, the better I play.
