If I Had A Day To Myself

The Way You Talk To Your Teammates And Push Them And The Way You Treat Them Is Important. There Is A Fine Line Between Trying To Help Your Teammates And Criticizing Them. The Toughest Part For Me Is How To Keep My Teammates Accountable But At The Same Time Do It In A Loving Way That Doesnt Judge Or Condemn Them. It's Definitely Been A Struggle And I'm Trying To Learn How To Lead Consciously In A Way That Honors God.

With All The Media Attention, All The Love From The Fans, I Felt I Needed To Prove Myself. Prove That I'm Not A Marketing Tool, I'm Not A Ploy To Improve Attendance. Prove I Can Play In This League. But I've Surrendered That To God. I'm Not In A Battle With What Everybody Else Thinks Anymore.

This Is My Dream Being Lived Out And I'm So Thankful For That.

It Seems Like Everybody's Perception Of Me Is Very Bipolar. To One Group, It's Overpaid, Overrated; To Another Group, It's Underpaid, Underrated, Underdog. It's Funny To Me Because There's No Real Balance.

Trying To Make The Nba Is One Of The Very Few Areas Where A Harvard Degree Won't Necessarily Help.