You look at a guy like Michael Jordan: I can't believe there will be other basketball players like him.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not like the next Michael Jordan, but I'm also not what everyone saw me as before I started playing in the NBA, either.
I guess, if it wasn't for Jordan, there would be no LeBron or Kobe who plays like that.
Michael Jordan was a tremendous basketball player.
There are very few LeBron James and Kobe Bryants.
The league is changing, and we don't have many back-to-the-basket players. We now have a game that requires skill and versatility. A lot of that is about being able to think. It makes all the difference in the world to have a player in there with a high basketball IQ who can make the right decision.
I think the NBA will certainly survive without Michael Jordan.
Being Michael Jordan means acting the same as I always have.
I have no doubt that LeBron James would've loved to have played against Michael Jordan, but that simply is not going to happen.
I have certain guys who I looked up to. Jordan, Kobe, those guys. Passing that on to doing my part to kind of keep that influence of basketball where it should be is kind of why I play the game.
There's only one Michael Jordan.