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I'm an all-around type player.
Duke and UNC are great schools.
I want to make it to the championship.
Starting should be a goal for every rookie.
Offensively, I can play different positions.
I'm going to get criticized my whole career.
Personally, I want to win rookie of the year.
Everyone knows Summer League isn't the real deal.
If I have a wide open look, I'm going to shoot it.
I'm going to keep getting better every single year.
Duke has coached a lot of players who were versatile.
Personally, I wanna be in an All-Star Game. Get All-NBA.
Maybe I'll have a different role in the NBA than college.
I'm versatile, so it's easy for me to play any type of game.
You custom make your own car, ain't nobody else driving that.
Overseas and going straight to the NBA wasn't even an option.
I grew up playing sports. But I always celebrate Veterans Day.
Just to see kids who are inspired by you is an amazing feeling.
I'm ready to come out and show people I'm able to play defense.
My favorite Subway sandwiches are meatball and chipotle chicken.
Ultimately I want to win. That's my main focus as my rookie year.
One thing I learned when struggling, you got to get to your spots.
I'm going to keep shooting, keep getting in the gym, keep working.
I have to work my way up. There's nothing guaranteed in this league.
A lot of coaches might yank you after the first couple shots don't go in.
I played football until my sophomore year of high school, then I stopped.
Defensively, I think I'm very versatile, I can guard different positions.
Puma does a really good job with its athletes and providing what we want.
It's not really in my genes to be walking around looking like a body builder.
It'd be crazy to be an all-time great in New York City. That's a dream come true.
I'm nervous before all games, but once I hit that first shot, the jitters go away.
I love Drake and Future, and I gotta bump some Jay Z for that New York flavour too.
How to you use your lower body is a big thing you got to be able to use in the NBA.
I think by me playing inside-out, it's really been opening up that 3-point shot for me.
Every rookie, every player, is going to go through their struggles throughout the season.
Everyone dreams of playing March Madness and playing in those tournaments, big-time games.
The competitive spirit and the way we worked hard growing up came naturally to me from my family.
I really enjoy watching on the side because I can really see the game from a different perspective.
When I was in high school watching college games, I was like 'I can't wait to get to March Madness.'
I just wanted to become a better player at everything - someone who is a real tough matchup to guard.
I have the tools and the size to be a good defender. I've just got to be able to put it all together.
I learned a lot my rookie season - the pace of the game. Playing at the right pace, not 100 miles an hour.
You come into the NBA, dudes are trying to come after you. You're a rookie. They look at you as fresh meat.
I just want to win as a team, take road games, play some of the top teams and beat them to make the playoffs.
That's kind of what I got in the NBA for. I want to go against superstars that would be a good challenge for me.
That's something I loved growing up - the other team yelling, hyped, student section, all of that gets me going.
If I played a bad game, there's gonna be people out there that want to try to bring me down. But I always stay up.
Kevin Durant's kind of been my favorite player my whole life, so it's going to be fun going against him in the Garden.
I can lift weights every day and I'm not going to look huge, but it's good to get in the weight room every now and then.
I'm fine with pressure. I went to Kentucky, dealt with it all season, playing in front of all the top teams and top crowds.