We want to show how hip-hop, which kind of fuels today's basketball stars, is directly related to jazz.

I don't really care who's doing drugs in the NBA as long as the scene isn't adversely affecting my team and teammates. I've known enough drug users-going as far back as grade school and the streets of New York-not to view them as pariahs or lost souls. I've certainly smoked more than my quota of weed.

I tell kids to pursue their basketball dreams, but I tell them to not let that be their only dream.

I want people to understand that I intend to continue living and doing all the things that I love to do up until the end. And the end is by no means rushing up on me.

I think people that are, you know, voting in the blind are doing a disservice to America by not being better informed.

My grandfather and my uncle both died from colorectal cancer, my dad almost died from it and I have the gene for it.

He doesn't necessarily have to learn the sky hook. He just has to learn how to be an effective post player. I think I can help him do that.