I'm not emotional. I expected this. I'm comfortable now.

It was just the way I was treated. When I first met him, it didn't seem like he only wanted me for basketball. It seemed like he wanted to get to know me.

Finally. Brian, he's talented, but a lot of people don't know it because he never shows it. He stepped up real big. He hit some big threes and was going to the basket like a maniac. I've never seen that side of him. No one's ever seen him come out like that, but we've been waiting for that.

Mr. Doherty has to be one of the best coaches around and has been around some great coaches.

We felt coming up here that we were the underdog because no one's heard of us.

Now I can pretty much be me. It's just a lot of stress taken off, I feel relieved.

Of course, you have people who already see you one way and already judge you, but that's the other side of me that people don't know. That's just me being me.

We bonded from jump really. The first time I saw him - new kid, not really used to the environment. We took him in, my family. He's like my little brother.

I got to feel with him, I got a shot to play professionally.