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“Other than what the guys are listening to in the locker room, I got some Ed Sheeran too. He was the first concert I went to too.”
“I just try to be myself.”
“I was aware of him as a player, but growing up I just looked at him as my dad. When I was 11 or 12, we started putting his name into YouTube, and that's how we realized what he actually meant to the basketball world instead of just being our dad.”
“Since I was a kid, you always hear: 'Your dad is better than you. Your dad's this. Your dad is that.' You hear it all the time in every game. But if anything, without that, I wouldn't have been where I am. If anything, I use it as fuel to be better.”
“We just need to be professionals and take care of business - that's the most important thing.”
“If you can't play ball, the sport you love, it doesn't matter what else is going on. Seeing your teammates out there without you, you know you can't help and be there for them.”
“Zag Nation welcomed me with open arms and made me feel at home in Spokane and, for that, I could not be more grateful.”
“We knew he was a basketball player, but we saw him as our dad.”
“Ever since I was growing up, the big man gets the ball in the post. That's just how it is.”
“The Thunder were like my first love.”
“If someone falls down, you've got to go pick them up.”
“I experience new things every game.”
“When I was maybe 12, 13, I started watching film on him and highlights. Then I realized what my dad really was. When I was young, he's just my dad and he's a basketball player.”
“I sometimes get nervous before the game, people watching and expecting me to do so much. It's like I think they are thinking I'm a failure, or not very good, or only here because of my dad. But I try not to listen and just play. That's what my dad would want me to do.”
“A lot of guys don't like me because of how physical I am on those screens. But if I was on their team, they'd probably love me for it.”
“Yeah, I don't like sitting.”
“It's awesome to get home and just... relax your brain.”
“My dad always says, 'Be aggressive and be comfortable, don't be scared to do your thing.'”
“It's pretty cool, having my father be such a great player.”
“I know that I have to wait for my opportunity and be patient.”