I think that basketball players should get the job done no matter how it looks on the screen.

I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.

The thing about it is almost everyone could pass that way, but we were kept from doing it by our coaches.

Just fundamental things - I played guard and I played forward, so you get into a position where you are pivoting out on the court.

You see what happens in college and high school games today - a three-point shot or a dunk. I think that's the reason that you see a lot of that in the pros today.

You have to teach now - tell a kid how to box out, tell him how to pass, teach him footwork. Players don't understand that anymore.

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.