John Hammond
John Hammond
benefits educated fully issue political public somehow soon suicide wisdom
The conventional wisdom that this is somehow political suicide I think is off-base. Conventional wisdom is that it?s political suicide but it is not thought through because the issue for everyone is how soon the public can be educated fully on the benefits of this program.
last player
We won't see the same player we did last year. We already see a better one.
angeles destroying los sad
They're destroying a big part of Los Angeles history. I'll be very sad to see it go.
agreement aware jobs national nba obligation obviously playing responsibility team teams
Any NBA player, any international player, obviously has a contractual obligation to their team first and foremost. And all the national teams are aware of that and, of course, in agreement with that. Their jobs and the team that they're playing for is their first responsibility and they're all very aware about that.
bet percent
They were e-mailing each other back and forth. I'll bet 80 percent of the thing was done that way.
conflict nice
Katie's a really nice person. It's unfortunate she had a conflict of interest.
broken guy hard human instinct
He was broken down. It's hard for a guy to take all that. It's human instinct to feel bad.
goes home physically returns
He goes home in one condition, ... and he returns a completely different person and player, physically and mentally.
anybody happy player
We're pretty happy with where we're at right now. If some player comes available, we can look. But if we don't see anybody we like, we don't have to do something.
credit deserves gives
Someone deserves some credit. I know Carlos gives a lot of it to his dad.
happened
It's never happened and it's never going to happen.
amnesty happens left progress watch
That's all we can do, watch what happens and see who is out there. It's going to be interesting to see who's left after the amnesty deadline. Then things progress from there.
lost
I don't know how things get lost in translation. But I know they do.
francis intriguing pass steve
He's way too intriguing to pass up, ... And with Steve Francis there already, it really makes it very simple.