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I don't really watch any TV. I'll glance at the TV sometimes if my wife's watching 'Empire' or 'Scandal.' I'll sit with her for an episode. But I don't have a TV show that I watch.
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I'm proud of Toronto. I'm proud of Canada. I'm proud of the NBA. I'm very proud of it.
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Look at the teams that have been successful in the NBA. Yes, you have big, glamorous cities like L.A. But Miami has won, and so has San Antonio. Oklahoma City is a very successful team. They're not the biggest markets.
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It's my responsibility to put a team on the floor that will win, and that attracts players.
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It doesn't matter where you are - it could be Timbuktu - if you win, people will watch, they'll follow and they'll support.
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We can say potential all we want, but at the end of the day, sports is about winning.
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Our job is to find out what's the next thing that is going to be advantageous to us and contribute to winning.
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There were great European players that were great basketball players that did not make it in the NBA... This is the best league in the world.
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I couldn't shoot. When I went to play in Europe, I learned to shoot better. I could jump, so people would just back off of me.
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I was honestly more talented in soccer than in basketball. I don't think I'd have gone anywhere in soccer. But I think I was more talented in soccer.
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Boy or girl, the youth of the world deserve opportunity and we as leaders have to be the ones that at least create a path for them.
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You want to win in the NBA you want to build a culture and teams will always do that and try to win. It's cutthroat. All 30 teams want to be that way whether they are rebuilding, have young players, have a style of play. It doesn't matter, everybody wants to win.
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Players want to go where the team wins and where the team has a great culture, ownership and all of that. It doesn't matter where you are. It really doesn't matter, you have to perform and you have to win.
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One of Giants of Africa's fundamental mottos is - Dream Big. We believe that basketball can be used as a tool to educate and develop youth around the world to accomplish their dreams.
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Whether it's drafting or player development, the ultimate is putting a team together.
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It doesn't all have to be about giving money. Sometimes it's a smile that changes the life of one little kid.
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I understand my job and what the job is and what has to be done basketball wise. I do that 24/7 and it's a huge priority for me, but I cannot be in this job and not try to affect the youth of Africa, or the youth around the world, even. Help other people in some kind of way.
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You don't have to be a leader of a big organization. You can be a leader of your brother, of a young kid, of your community. That way you affect life, someway, somehow.
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My dad always taught me that you have to be good to the next person all the time because one person is going to help another person.
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When you get a chance to get a top five player, which doesn't come very often, you have to jump on it.
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Two of the most difficult parts of our business is trades and when a player leaves.
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Every day is different. There's always, as we call it in the NBA, a 'drama,' a team's drama, there's always something.
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Every GM will tell you it's an instinct. It's an instinct to be patient, to react, or act, or not to do anything at all. It just comes. What I can say is you must have a plan and a goal and a way to do things. At the end of the day, it's an instinct. Sometimes it's good. Sometimes it's bad.
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I'm nervous about everything I do with Africa. You almost want it to go good all the time, and you don't want to disappoint.
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If you have a great culture and you're progressing the right way to win I think players will always want to come.
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When I started Giants of Africa, I envisioned providing African youth access to the game and empowering them to achieve their greatest potential.
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He is so true to himself, and so good to other people. Even during tough conversations, I have never worried about him. Because I know Dwane Casey is going to come back tomorrow to try to be better, and I feel the same way. I try to be better, and so I try to be like him that way.
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We have to make Toronto - we have to - we have to make Toronto the best atmosphere in the NBA.
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We have something very special happening in Toronto and Drake is a big part of that.
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Being a good teammate means looking out for our neighbours, friends and the people we work with.
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