It's a tremendous amount of fans in France that love basketball, that follow it every day even though the games are at like two or three in the morning.
I'd take the Defensive Player of the Year any day over an All-Star selection. There's only one of these in the whole league every year.
My passion for gaming is well-known among both the Utah Jazz and my team in France.
This is basketball. It's All-Star and all that stuff. That's not what it's really about. It's about making a difference and impacting the kids and helping people in need. That's what it's about.
I don't care about that All-Star bonus, to be honest. It's just about my legacy.
I think when you're a very good defensive team - it's very rare a team wins a championship when you're not a very good defensive team.
When you have a coach that is a competitor, that wants to win more than anything else, it really carries over to the team.
The Defensive Player of the Year is the guy that makes his team better. Not only gets stats - it's the guy that also has an impact on his teammates and leadership.
I always love to help the community, to interact with the kids, with the fans. It doesn't matter who I am on the court, to me it's important.
Obviously I think offensively, spacing for me as a guy that puts a lot of pressure on the rim is going to make it harder on a defense. They're going to have to make tougher decisions, and space is going to be way more open for all the guards, too.
I trust my teammates and their ability to be there when they have to be there. I'm going to be there when I have to be there for them.
First, I'm just trying to set screens for my teammates and then just be aggressive, make the right play.
I think when you're a very good defensive team you give yourself a chance every night, on the road, at home, it's a big factor and something to build on.
I have so many great memories of Christmas because we're always spending it with the family.
In the playoffs, it's not going to be pretty. There's going to be some games where you don't score. But are you going to take a charge for a teammate?
There are a lot of people that never thought I was going to be the guy that I am now. Now when I see them, it's fun to see how people are. I don't think they're being fake. I think now they just see me from a different eye.
When you know where you want to go, you're mentally tough.
Goaltending, sometimes it's tough because you're in the air and you say, 'No, no. Don't take the ball.'
I'm working on my lower body, my explosiveness.
I'm able to impact people's lives by the way I play, but there's so much more things I can do so there is no limit to what I can do.
