He called me one night and told me to come outside and he'd come and get me and we went to the gym. It was out of nowhere, and we were at the gym for two hours. I'm glad he feels that way about me. He has some confidence in me. And we hang out a lot more now, just trying to get to know each other better.

Obviously, it was [an adjustment] for me. But it was something I had to do if I wanted to play here. So I dedicated myself to doing that. I love to win. That's more important than anything else.

He told us ... we were going to have to hang our hats on defense and the offense was going to struggle from time to time. He was right. So we've just been trying to compete on defense as hard as we can.

I'm just trying to take pressure off them. I don't want to be out there just to be out there.

I look at (Dee) as a mentor. He told me when people start running at me, I have to do shot fakes. Once you knock down one or two I just got it going.

My teammates did a great job of screening for me, and our point guard (Brown) did a great job of seeing the floor. I'm not too worried about myself. I'm just worried about doing the little things that can help us win.

I look at Dee as a mentor. He has been telling me when people start running at me I have to utilize the shot fake. Once you knock one or two down you start feeling pretty good about yourself. I just got it going. I'm trying to take the pressure off Dee and James and be a factor out there.

I look at Dee as a mentor. He's told me when people run at me I have to do shot fakes. That's what I tried today. Once you knock one or two down, you start feeling pretty good about yourself.

Once I knocked one or two down, I started feeling pretty good about myself.