I`m even going after Allen`s spot, ... Really, it is impossible, but that`s just the confidence you`ve got to have.
The awe factor ended this summer, three months ago, once I first got into Philly,
The horse did everything I expect of him. He just needed a chance. He got it, and he took it.
We actually (decided to commit) a long time ago. We didn`t want to put our names in too early but not too late. We just decided to do it halfway through our junior year.
I`m an 18-year-old guy who has this opportunity. Millions and millions of high school players out there in the world don`t get to practice every day with Allen Iverson. I think people get caught up with me not playing this year in college. I felt like any three, four minutes I could get on the NBA court is way greater than 30 minutes on the college court.
How many 18-year-old guys can even have this opportunity? ... There`s millions and millions of high-school basketball players out there in the world, and I get to practice every day with Allen Iverson .
I lost all hope because no teams that I worked out for had picks after that,
I?m just excited to be here, excited to be part of the Sixers family.
(For Georgia, this is a huge day. That program may never encounter a day of this magnitude again.) I think it`s real important for the University of Georgia, ... It gives us two big guards and now it gives them an opportunity to go out and recruit some big guys to play with us.
I just woke up and decided to do it. (Mercer) did it last night, and I just followed his lead.