You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.

People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.

When I started playing, I wasn't fast, I was gangly, my jumpshot was terrible.

When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player.

I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.

College coaches want to power the ball inside, they want (their post players) to power the ball up, but no one can shoot from that 15-foot area anymore.

But after that you don't see a lot of real good fundamental play. You see a showboat-type basketball which is almost parallel to street basketball.