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05-22-2010, 04:55 PM
Q: Do NBA teams ask about the public disagreements you had with UK Coach John Calipari during games?
A: I'm hearing that question in every interview.
Q: How do you answer that question?
A: I tell them the truth. We were allowed to give feedback. That's how we were.
Q: How do the team officials react to that explanation?
A: Some coaches are, like, 'OK.' Some are, like, 'What if some coach you play for doesn't allow (feedback)?' Well, I just have to play.
Q: How do you feel about the perception that you're uncoachable?
A: It doesn't bother me. Playing for Cal is very tough. Everybody knows he's a very emotional coach and you have to play through it.
Q: What do you think about playing for Cal on an NBA team?
A: (Pause) I'm not answering that.
Q: How does it feel to be examined and poked at during these interview sessions with NBA teams?
A: That's how it was at Kentucky. We were a professional team.
Q: Has your size led people to believe you should be more mature than your age would suggest?
A: In high school, the average adult, they looked at me like I'm a man and I'm 14, 15 years old.
Q: That may be true, but the questions about maturity don't surround, say, former Georgetown big man Greg Monroe. So is it simply that you're immature?
A: Do I come across that way?
Q: On the court, absolutely.
A: I'm not going to be out there with a smile, just a happy guy. I'm out there to handle business.
Q: You look fitter. Are you in better shape?
A: I'm on a diet. Salads and seafood. Seafood is my favorite food.
Q: What seafood do you like?
A: Everything. Everything that comes out of the water.
Q: Who should be the first overall pick?
A: If I was a GM, me. ... I do believe I can be a franchise player.
Q: Your agent, John Greig, has touted you as a viable choice as the first overall pick. How important is that to you?
A: It's very important to me. I appreciate my agent pushing me like that. I believe every agent should push their player like that. That's my main goal. I want to be the No. 1 player in the draft.
Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/22/12750...z0oh660bAc
A: I'm hearing that question in every interview.
Q: How do you answer that question?
A: I tell them the truth. We were allowed to give feedback. That's how we were.
Q: How do the team officials react to that explanation?
A: Some coaches are, like, 'OK.' Some are, like, 'What if some coach you play for doesn't allow (feedback)?' Well, I just have to play.
Q: How do you feel about the perception that you're uncoachable?
A: It doesn't bother me. Playing for Cal is very tough. Everybody knows he's a very emotional coach and you have to play through it.
Q: What do you think about playing for Cal on an NBA team?
A: (Pause) I'm not answering that.
Q: How does it feel to be examined and poked at during these interview sessions with NBA teams?
A: That's how it was at Kentucky. We were a professional team.
Q: Has your size led people to believe you should be more mature than your age would suggest?
A: In high school, the average adult, they looked at me like I'm a man and I'm 14, 15 years old.
Q: That may be true, but the questions about maturity don't surround, say, former Georgetown big man Greg Monroe. So is it simply that you're immature?
A: Do I come across that way?
Q: On the court, absolutely.
A: I'm not going to be out there with a smile, just a happy guy. I'm out there to handle business.
Q: You look fitter. Are you in better shape?
A: I'm on a diet. Salads and seafood. Seafood is my favorite food.
Q: What seafood do you like?
A: Everything. Everything that comes out of the water.
Q: Who should be the first overall pick?
A: If I was a GM, me. ... I do believe I can be a franchise player.
Q: Your agent, John Greig, has touted you as a viable choice as the first overall pick. How important is that to you?
A: It's very important to me. I appreciate my agent pushing me like that. I believe every agent should push their player like that. That's my main goal. I want to be the No. 1 player in the draft.
Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2010/05/22/12750...z0oh660bAc
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