Obviously you have LeBron, the best player in the world, all the attention is on him. A lot of the wins and losses are targeted towards him.
I've been good at the game of basketball my whole life, so I'm hoping I can get back to that.
My dad had me start lifting weights at 12, and for me it was fun.
Actually, I've always been kind of a leader, and it's kind of just stuck with me throughout my whole career.
It helps me get rebounds, I can see over the defense pretty easily, and yeah, I thank God he blessed me with height.
I don't like to do a lot of talking.
I think it was tough being a young guy, especially in L.A. All the people looking at you and we had a big responsibility over there.
The way I play, I like to be free.
People are kind of used to me shooting.
You can always work on everything.
I feel like my game is more like LeBron's than Kobe's, so that's why I think I gravitated toward his game more.
When it comes down to the last five minutes, it's not about Xs and Os. It's pretty much who wants it more.
That's what happens when you play in L.A. Everybody expects you to do well.
Getting on fast-breaks, you don't do that when you let a team shoot 20 free throws in one quarter.
If I'm mad or showing my frustration, the whole team's gonna be like that, techs, and people are going to go down. So I just try to keep the even keel. That's why I don't get too high or too low. I've been playing like that my whole life. It's just natural for me.
We're competitors.
Obviously if your head coach expects more of you, you bring it to the table.
It gets frustrating when you play basketball for your whole life and then it gets taken from you for a little bit.
Melo has a chance to be a better player than me, for sure. I feel at the same age, he's better than me. In real time, I don't think he's better than me. But I'm the big brother so I'm always going to have that edge over him.
My family's always going to be close.
