Mohamed Bamba

“I'd say the best thing my parents passed on to me was to let me make my own mistakes and figure out on my age how to kind of see the world on my own.”

“I'm looking forward to playing against LeBron.”

“That's something I embrace, just doing stuff not many people can do.”

“I'm super competitive.”

“I credit a lot of my success to being from Harlem, growing up there.”

“Both offensively and defensively, the presence that I have is pretty profound.”

“The biggest misconception about my game is my love for it. This is what I want to do. I owe this thing my life. There's no other way around it.”

“My shot-blocking ability, it's really second to none.”

“Although there's no one I really pattern my game after, I am a firm believer in stealing stuff from other people.”

“Anthony Davis' lateral movement is one of a kind.”

“I like to think of myself as a pretty good shot blocker.”

“I want everything and anything I can get from this game. Because in reality, I owe this game my life.”

“I love fast breaks, and I love playing full-court basketball, but offensively in the half court, I kind of take my time, let guys cut, and let the defense move. Then, if I have a move, I'll go. If not, I'll just hand it off to a teammate.”

“I need to improve on a lot of different areas. I need to improve on my timing on my shot-blocking, when to go, and when not to go. And there's definitely always room for improvement on my shooting.”

“There was a lot of other people that had their own song or their name in a verse in high school. I was just like, 'To stamp my high school career, I gotta get my name in a song.'”

“As far as what teams need and what I need, I'm open to anything a team has to say about how they envision me in their future.”

“One thing that drives me crazy is when people tell me that I sound good for an athlete. They be like, 'You don't sound like you from Harlem.'”

“Whenever I guard a guard, I don't want to reach too much, but I will poke at the ball once to get him thinking.”

“I'm not a guy who is out there looking to get his game going or put up shots; I'm out there to win, and I don't care if I'm playing three or 30 minutes.”

“I have game-changing defensive abilities.”