Athlete

I can shoot.

A lot of people label me as not a defender for some reason. I don't know why.

Knowing some guys are way bigger than you, way faster than you, you have to find other ways to do what you want to do.

I don't think you can talk if you're not doing your job.

I know I play with a lot of passion, but from the outside looking in, people say, 'He's passive. Doesn't play hard.' And others say, 'It just comes easy to him. He's smooth.' That's just how I play. Always been the same person.

No. 2 pick, you're supposed to do a job - you're supposed to turn the franchise around. And I don't think I did it to the best of my abilities. I didn't live up to that standard.

I feel great in pick-and-roll.

Getting on fast-breaks, you don't do that when you let a team shoot 20 free throws in one quarter.

I chose to go to CAA. I think me becoming my own man is going to make it easier, honestly.

There's no off nights. When you think it's an off night, it's not.

If you keep doing something over and over, you should get good at it.

I know that everything my dad made me do made me better.

Team player, man. It's not just me out there. All five guys got to contribute, and whoever comes in has to do the same.

I like '4:44.' It's a good album. AY-Z's a great, great artist.

I was just taught, the team goes how the point guard goes.

If you mention the Lakers, you think about Kobe.

Well, everybody's human, and you're not going to do the right thing perfectly every time. But you mess up and you learn from it and you go on from there.

If I'm mad or showing my frustration, the whole team's gonna be like that, techs, and people are going to go down. So I just try to keep the even keel. That's why I don't get too high or too low. I've been playing like that my whole life. It's just natural for me.

I got no problem with Nas.

I played guard my whole life, and liked having the ball in my hands.