I'm a fan and a friend, I met them in 1974 when I first joined the NBA and my life has never been he same since. I became the basketball player I was because of the Grateful Dead.

We can never thank David Stern enough. His vision to use basketball to improve the quality of our lives to make this world a better and saner place, that guy, is the most important man in the history of basketball.

The Grateful Dead, they're my best friends. Their message of hope, peace, love, teamwork, creativity, imagination, celebration, the dance, the vision, the purpose, the passion all of the things I believe in makes me the luckiest Deadhead in the world.

If Anthony Johnson ever gets a jumper, who's going to stop him?

I grew up in an non-athletic family, where my parents were interested in music, in literature, in education and art.

Greg Ostertag is one of the top centers on this planet!

Bill Russell was my favorite player of all-time.