My thing is, I want to play basketball, I would enjoy playing in the D-League, but at the same time I don't want to take an opportunity away from a young guy to get exposure. I'm still thinking about it.

It's always good to go against your friends, especially when you come out victorious.

You have to get yourself psyched up because you never have a night off defensively, especially at my position.

What am I most proud of? That, as a man, I've made my mom proud. Not just in basketball, but away from the court, too.

My thing is, I want to play basketball, I would enjoy playing in the D-League, but at the same time I don't want to take an opportunity away from a young guy to get exposure. I'm still thinking about it.

I'm just a skinny kid from Maywood trying to do my best. I never took anything for granted. I never wanted to come off like some kind of big-headed, conceited athlete.

To me, defense is a mental attitude…it takes will and heart to go out there and lock your man up.