Just to be able to play one minute in an NBA game, I'm grateful for that.
During my senior year, there were NBA scouts at my games. At some point, I guess, I started hoping I'd get drafted by a team where there would be a great situation for me. As it turned out, Portland was the best situation for me.
It's been a dream come true, you know, just making it to the NBA and being drafted by a great franchise like Boston.
If I'm able to get drafted by the New York Knicks, it would be a blessing.
I want everyone to know: You can play basketball in Canada and you can still get to where you need to go.
Here I am, playing with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Jason Kidd is my coach, I'm in Brooklyn, New York, they lobbied for me to be here... Regardless of my circumstances, I'm here.
I was invited to play with the New York Knicks. I was never drafted, but I was invited to the rookie camp.
Sometimes you don't go straight from high school or college and get to the NBA from there. Sometimes you have to go when you're a little bit older and try that other route like Jeremy Lin. And he made it.
Yep, I jumped from college to the ABL, just in time for the league to go under.
I've been blessed to be in the NBA.
When I was at UCLA, the Harlem Globetrotters offered me a million dollars to come play for them. I turned it down because my education was just as important as playing ball.
I think when I moved to the United States and saw how serious basketball was and how good I was compared to everyone else. You just came from Canada and you're top five in the country; you're young and everyone says you can be a pro. That's when I started thinking: if I work hard, the dream can come true.
