Dan Gilbert Quotes

I'm well-versed on LeBron coming from Miami and his time there.

Most of the time, before you get traded, there are rumblings. I wasn't totally surprised that I was going to get traded - I anticipated it happening. And I wasn't surprised that I got traded to the Knicks, either.

The entire NBA knew in 2010 that the best player in the world could be a free agent in 2014. We weren't the only team positioning ourselves for the summer of 2014.

I've seen players in the past who wanted to stay with their team, and it didn't work out.

I'm already the first Georgian to play in the Finals, but I also want to be the first to be part of an NBA title.

It wasn't that I knew Kyrie wanted to be traded or not, or him and LeBron had a beef. I don't know any of those things.

That's obviously not easy. I don't want to leave the Mets; I don't want to not play in New York. It's not at all that I want to leave, but that's the business.

In this fall - this is very tough - in this fall I'm going to take my talents to South Beach and join the Miami Heat.

I came into the league traded. So I'm not the only person that goes through trade rumors each year.

It's not very wise to keep a player who has just one year left on his contract and really wants to leave.

The idea is to go out there and win in a dominant fashion. That changes people's minds, the way they're thinking about me, and lets people know I'm here to contend for a title.

Arsenal showed the door to too many people. Why did they let Thierry Henry go? When I found out about his move I realised the Arsenal I played for were finished.

The transfer deadline can be a distraction if you allow it to be.

I didn't want to go to Golden State. I didn't want to go back in Steph's shadow.

I grew up watching LeBron and asking him to follow me back on Twitter, going to his camps. So just to be able to compete against a player like him and be a few shots away from beating him and his team to go to a championship is something I will always remember.

Carmelo Anthony should do what makes him happy - either stay with the Knicks and be mediocre, or get with a contender and help them get over the hump.

I'm not a genius. I need other people to get the perfect information. When we have this, we will decide to sign or sell a player.

A lot of teams - they want a point guard and I am bouncing around, why not put me in those talks and try to get me?

My favorite moment was in Game 6 when Bill Walton tapped a missed Sixers shot toward the backcourt and Johnny Davis ran it down as the clock expired. We were NBA champions!

Contracts are not a holy relic in football. You can like this attitude or not, but it's the truth. Sometimes you have to think about if it is meaningful to try out a new impulse.

If we don't need the players who are available to sign, then why are we going to sign?

In every club, sometimes players leave. It is not easy, but this is football.

A lot of people don't understand that playing in the NBA, the toughest thing is to win an NBA championship. I was in the NBA 15 years. I'd been in the playoffs. I'd been in the Finals. But it took me 15 years to finally win one.

It's always that time of year around January where trade talks come.

My whole thing when I got in the NBA was I want to win a championship. The mindset hasn't changed.