When I came into the league, once a team drafted you, they owned you forever. If they didn't like the clothes you wore, or the car you drove, they could blackball you.

But when I did it (the triple-double), I didn't even know it until someone told me.

The triple-double is just a stat. It's a test of your strength and stamina and playing ability, really.

It's like all guys want to do is make a dunk, grab their shirt and yell out and scream - they could be down 30 points but that's what they do. Okay, so you made a dunk. Get back down the floor on defense!

But if people are buying the products, naturally they're gonna use them.

It's a sad commentary when I have to say that sometimes in our country we are real sensitive to race.

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.