Found this on another site. Not sure of the source.
Really interesting to read...he's not afraid to speak his mind.
Whom he would pay to watch: Kobe [Bryant]. San Antonio as a team. They play team basketball and beat you with consistency. Cuttino Mobley. A hard worker who wants to win. Dwyane Wade. He brings a lot to the game. I like guys who play hard and not just on one end. [Tracy] McGrady just scores; same with Ray Allen and Steve Francis. I can watch [Allen] Iverson. I'm not as big a fan. You get tired of seeing one guy shoot the ball all the time. I'd rather watch Steve Nash, even though sometimes he dribbles too much. [Dirk] Nowitzki, I don't like his game. If I could still play, I'd guard him every time. He plays one end of the court. You have to hide him on defense. When McGrady guarded him, he was done. I like [Ron] Artest, though I'm not sure he can keep it up, very exciting, fundamentally sound. He just doesn't bring it from a mental standpoint. Carmelo Anthony? The NBA kills some of these guys. Here's a guy who wants a maximum contract. What have the Denver Nuggets ever done? Have they won a division? Where are they this year?"
Michael Jordan: "He made basketball fun, even more than anyone can imagine it being. We were two guys competing against one another every day. You knew every day you went to practice it wasn't going to be boring."
Being the sidekick: "You always have to understand the pecking order. I knew I wasn't going to be bigger than Michael. I had to find my niche and I accepted that."
Shaquille O'Neal: "I can respect Shaq. Everyone gets old in the game. He's on the downside. I went through that. I still like watching him play. He's an X-factor whenever he's on the court."
Charles Barkley: "Probably one my greatest competitors. He's one guy who really helped me take my game to another level, understanding how to rebound the ball and power it out into a fast break. He'd hit you a cheap shot here and there, but at the end of the day you had a lot of respect for him."
Who's like him: "From an individual standpoint, Tayshaun Prince."
His career highlight, the Dream Team: "As a kid growing up, it was always a dream to be a part of the Olympics. And then to play with Magic [Johnson], it was the biggest highlight. I wasn't the type of guy to pull out a camera and take pictures, but I wanted to."
Kevin Garnett: "He really set the tone for self-destruction. He's very productive but unproductive. He gets you all the stats you want, but at the end of the day his points don't have an impact on [winning] the game. He plays with a lot of energy and a lot of enthusiasm, but in the last five minutes of the game he ain't the same player as in the first five."
Houston: "In all fairness, I don't even want to be remembered for playing there. It was a bad situation for me. I didn't realize what I was stepping into. I thought Dream [Hakeem Olajuwon] was better than he was. I didn't realize he was dead. I'd just come off my second back surgery. My game was limited, but no one knew it. I had a dead foot. It's still dead today. When I went to camp we were thinking the nerve would regenerate. Playing in Houston was such a step back from what I was accustomed to, the way things were run, how disorganized practice was, guys late all the time. It's the little things that destroy a team. Things were too casual for me. I needed to get to L.A. and Phil [Jackson]."
Portland: "It was cool, but [GM Bob] Whitsitt destroyed the team. We got to the [conference] finals and he brings in Shawn Kemp. He trades Jermaine O'Neal. The sad part is we weren't even together a year and he destroys the team. Then he got all the crazier players, athletes but dumb players. I'd have Rasheed [Wallace] on my team anytime. He's a smart player."
Today's players: "Look at the travel. They have all these CDs. They're gone one day and they have a library of music. They're not thinking about basketball. We'd get on the plane and Phil would pop in a tape and we'd watch the game. See a shot or a move. Then we'd get up the next day and have a film session."
Favorite moment: "Guarding Magic in the '91 [Finals]. That was huge for me. I always wanted to guard Magic. I always felt I could defend him. Even though I idolized him, it came to a point where I wanted to put myself ahead of someone like that. I asked to guard him from the beginning. After Michael got in foul trouble, I got him."
Really interesting to read...he's not afraid to speak his mind.
Whom he would pay to watch: Kobe [Bryant]. San Antonio as a team. They play team basketball and beat you with consistency. Cuttino Mobley. A hard worker who wants to win. Dwyane Wade. He brings a lot to the game. I like guys who play hard and not just on one end. [Tracy] McGrady just scores; same with Ray Allen and Steve Francis. I can watch [Allen] Iverson. I'm not as big a fan. You get tired of seeing one guy shoot the ball all the time. I'd rather watch Steve Nash, even though sometimes he dribbles too much. [Dirk] Nowitzki, I don't like his game. If I could still play, I'd guard him every time. He plays one end of the court. You have to hide him on defense. When McGrady guarded him, he was done. I like [Ron] Artest, though I'm not sure he can keep it up, very exciting, fundamentally sound. He just doesn't bring it from a mental standpoint. Carmelo Anthony? The NBA kills some of these guys. Here's a guy who wants a maximum contract. What have the Denver Nuggets ever done? Have they won a division? Where are they this year?"
Michael Jordan: "He made basketball fun, even more than anyone can imagine it being. We were two guys competing against one another every day. You knew every day you went to practice it wasn't going to be boring."
Being the sidekick: "You always have to understand the pecking order. I knew I wasn't going to be bigger than Michael. I had to find my niche and I accepted that."
Shaquille O'Neal: "I can respect Shaq. Everyone gets old in the game. He's on the downside. I went through that. I still like watching him play. He's an X-factor whenever he's on the court."
Charles Barkley: "Probably one my greatest competitors. He's one guy who really helped me take my game to another level, understanding how to rebound the ball and power it out into a fast break. He'd hit you a cheap shot here and there, but at the end of the day you had a lot of respect for him."
Who's like him: "From an individual standpoint, Tayshaun Prince."
His career highlight, the Dream Team: "As a kid growing up, it was always a dream to be a part of the Olympics. And then to play with Magic [Johnson], it was the biggest highlight. I wasn't the type of guy to pull out a camera and take pictures, but I wanted to."
Kevin Garnett: "He really set the tone for self-destruction. He's very productive but unproductive. He gets you all the stats you want, but at the end of the day his points don't have an impact on [winning] the game. He plays with a lot of energy and a lot of enthusiasm, but in the last five minutes of the game he ain't the same player as in the first five."
Houston: "In all fairness, I don't even want to be remembered for playing there. It was a bad situation for me. I didn't realize what I was stepping into. I thought Dream [Hakeem Olajuwon] was better than he was. I didn't realize he was dead. I'd just come off my second back surgery. My game was limited, but no one knew it. I had a dead foot. It's still dead today. When I went to camp we were thinking the nerve would regenerate. Playing in Houston was such a step back from what I was accustomed to, the way things were run, how disorganized practice was, guys late all the time. It's the little things that destroy a team. Things were too casual for me. I needed to get to L.A. and Phil [Jackson]."
Portland: "It was cool, but [GM Bob] Whitsitt destroyed the team. We got to the [conference] finals and he brings in Shawn Kemp. He trades Jermaine O'Neal. The sad part is we weren't even together a year and he destroys the team. Then he got all the crazier players, athletes but dumb players. I'd have Rasheed [Wallace] on my team anytime. He's a smart player."
Today's players: "Look at the travel. They have all these CDs. They're gone one day and they have a library of music. They're not thinking about basketball. We'd get on the plane and Phil would pop in a tape and we'd watch the game. See a shot or a move. Then we'd get up the next day and have a film session."
Favorite moment: "Guarding Magic in the '91 [Finals]. That was huge for me. I always wanted to guard Magic. I always felt I could defend him. Even though I idolized him, it came to a point where I wanted to put myself ahead of someone like that. I asked to guard him from the beginning. After Michael got in foul trouble, I got him."
Maybe he likes being in that position
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