When you have a cop approaching your car with his hand on his gun, I know it may be protocol, but us being the people we are, you automatically feel as if you're a criminal. So where's the respect then? You probably won't respond the correct way. So how do we find a common ground then?

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Respect Car Your

God gives his hardest battles to his strongest soldiers.

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God T Strongest

You can call it what you want: bad attitude, immature. You can say, 'He's a thug.' But I'm a competitor.

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Pet Attitude You

People say they hate having fake people around, but when you keep it real, they hate you even more. People don't like the truth.

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Truth You UN

The beginning to correcting all of our mistakes is communication.

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Communication UN Tin

People don't like when people are straight forward. They like things to be sugar coated. They like to beat around the bush. I'm not that type of person.

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War Us UN

I'm goofy. I like to have fun. I'm always joking around.

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Ways Way UN

It's hard getting the rhythm when you're not seeing the ball go through the basket.

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You Tin Through

Social media is the devil. Absolute devil. Oh, my God. It's the worst thing ever.

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God Worst Thing Worst

I love it here in New Orleans.

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Love T New Orleans

My mom raised six kids on her own.

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Mom Six Raised

Nobody can tell you what your destiny is.

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Your You Tiny

I'm a guy with a big heart who cares about people.

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Car Art Wit

I know my mindset. I know how hard I work at my craft.

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Work T Set

The body can take you wherever your mind goes. If I can do it in my mind, I think my body will follow.

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Your You Will

When you have a cop approaching your car with his hand on his gun, I know it may be protocol, but us being the people we are, you automatically feel as if you're a criminal. So where's the respect then? You probably won't respond the correct way. So how do we find a common ground then?

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Respect Car Your

It's just, some players I don't respect. Just their playing style of basketball. I don't respect it. I feel like it's basically cheating and I don't respect a cheater. If that's your tactic to winning, I don't respect you.

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Respect Your You

Leadership is being the best example you can be for your teammates. The guy that everybody can depend on on a nightly basis.

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Leadership Your You

I love giving local kids and families the chance to experience Kings basketball for the first time.

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Time Love Experience

I'm big when it comes to respect. But it's a two-way street, in my eyes.

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Respect Yes Way

I'm a guy that a lot of people look up to. I haven't always handled situations the right way. That's why I have to continue to grow and be a better player, a better leader.

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Why Ways Way

D.C. basketball has adopted me, and I consider D.C. home.

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Very proud of where I'm from, very proud of what I've been through.

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I can remember games where the crowd was the reason we won it. It's well known the Kings have incredible fans.

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Believe in yourself.

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I actually prefer teammates that have emotions. It means you care, compared to a guy that's kind of just nonchalant and goes about it like it doesn't matter. So I want guys that care. I want guys that show they care.

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Coming into the league, everyone said I was going to be fat, I was the next Oliver Miller. I had all these red flags. I just feel I was never given a fair chance coming in.

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I know I've done bad things. But I've done just as much good as I have done bad. And it's not even necessarily bad. I would say they're growing pains.

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No matter how much time there is, if guys can come together and mesh and play with some type of chemistry, you're going to win games.

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You make yourself be whatever the hell you want to be, at the end of the day.

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I grew up in a rough area, went to an all-black school, public school.

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Dream big and anything is possible.

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I don't like to be proved wrong.

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I know who I am as a person. And the people that matter around me know who I am.

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So you know, the people that do know me, they know I can be very stubborn.

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I'm a Mobile, Alabama kid.

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We in a nasty business, at times. I don't even say that in a good or bad way. It's just no place to get too emotional.

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When it was clear I couldn't stay in New Orleans, I went out and created what would end up being the best opportunity for myself. I asked my agent to set up a call with the Warriors. I knew they could use a big.

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I'm grateful for every opportunity. I learned the hard way.

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I've kind of been doubted my whole life. I use that as fuel to continue to push every single day.

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There are ignorant individuals in every city.

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If you was somewhere walking down the street and somebody says something crazy to you, you're going to react. So just because it's a basketball event doesn't mean those emotions go out the door or us being a human being goes out the door. It's the same thing.

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I've got a real problem when I know something is wrong or I feel something is wrong, I'm going to speak about it. I get it from my mother.

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Sometimes I let some of the small things take over. It can be a simple thing, like a call going the wrong way, and it takes me all off.

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I'm not going to sit here and say I'm innocent, because I've done things. But to get the reputation that I've got, I don't think I've done enough. I don't have a criminal record.

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I'm an emotional guy. It's as simple as that.

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I want to put Sacramento back on the map.

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This is a frustrating sport. There are a lot of emotions involved.

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You are either with me or you're not.

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I'm a good guy.

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I didn't have the best Christmases, but my mom and family did what they could.

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