30 Quotes by John Hammond

There's not a whole lot to say at this point. It's something that's going to play out over the next few days. It's not that we're playing coy, we just have to wait.

Any NBA player, any international player, obviously has a contractual obligation to their team first and foremost. And all the national teams are aware of that and, of course, in agreement with that. Their jobs and the team that they're playing for is their first responsibility and they're all very aware about that.

They were e-mailing each other back and forth. I'll bet 80 percent of the thing was done that way.

They're destroying a big part of Los Angeles history. I'll be very sad to see it go.

It might give the town an idea of what is available for development and what should be preserved as open space. It is important that we concentrate development in the village centers and limit urban sprawl. This could be the right step in that direction.

That's about all we can and want to do right now -- study the situation and see what's shaking loose around the league. We certainly hope to find somebody who can fill the bill, but we're going to be pretty selective.

It's certainly on our radar for priority. We'd like to get something done by training camp.

It's never happened and it's never going to happen.

That's all we can do, watch what happens and see who is out there. It's going to be interesting to see who's left after the amnesty deadline. Then things progress from there.