He's an All-Star and on any given night, he can do what he has done the last two games and we're never surprised to see what he does next.

I hope I can bring some sunshine to that dark cloud.

I'm having fun playing basketball. It's fun coming to work.

I'm just having a great time. I don't have to look over my shoulder after every missed shot.

They broke it last year. We'll probably break it again next year with our style of play.

It just got tougher for us to get baskets.

Preseason or not, a win is a win. When you lose, it's like getting the air knocked out of you. Our goals are a lot higher than the Western Conference finals. There is not a guy on this team that doesn't believe we can do that.

The shots were going down all around. All of us were filling it. It was beautiful basketball. That's the way we play.

It was to the point that I was feeling good already, so it didn't matter. You guys have seen it before.

Bernie called me to his office and told me they were making a trade for Kareem. At that point, I didn't want to sit on the bench for an expansion team. It ended up working out.