I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.

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.

The players have no real self-esteem when it comes to putting the best image out there in a real competitive fashion.

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.

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.

But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.

I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.