I've spent my entire life in the game on different levels, and here was an opportunity on an international stage to represent my country at a time when our basketball program needed an awful lot of work as a result of the World Championships in Indianapolis a few years ago and the Olympics in Athens.
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He had a bad experience, you know, in Athens. He wasn't happy about how things turned out there, the outcome and his own personal experience there. He sees this as an opportunity and he buys into representing your country and winning a gold medal, and doing it the appropriate way. He wants to be a part of that.Jerry Colangelo
He was looking though the glass at the photos that were up on the wall in their hall of fame. He said, 'Dad, I want to come here and do what you did to follow you.' I said, 'No, Bryan. That was my life. You're going to have to live your own life.
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The community owes us nothing. It's up to us to go out and earn their respect.
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That is for the purpose of (NBA Properties) launching sponsorships (in China).
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It's officially official in his case and I know he's excited about it. He's obviously one of the core guys you want because of his talent, his age, his maturity at a very young age.
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