I've been double-teamed my whole life. I know when a double team's coming. I know what side the guy's coming from. I know how to dribble out of it.
Trying to guard Kawhi on an island by yourself is tough. You gotta take the basket away and push him to your help. You want him to take a contested shot as far away from the basket as possible, because his mid-range game is phenomenal.
The only way to stop Messi is to double mark him. One player to stay on him and the other to help out.
I still say the '94 Double team is the best. They could outfight you or outplay you, depending on the way you wanted it. But this side is moving in the same direction.
How do you mark Ronaldo? You try not to leave him alone and don't let him shoot on his right foot. As for Messi... you just make the sign of the cross!
I'm just going out there and doing my job, so whatever it is - if it's a hard slide protection, if it's a double team, or even a triple team or a chip - whatever it is, I'm just finding ways to win, so that's about it.
And in Freddy vs. Jason I like when Jason and I double team Destiny's Child.
In the NBA, there is a guy guarding you, and you really have to try shooting over him.
Shaq is such a load. He's so big and strong, but it's possible to play well against him.
It's tough to get wings deep post catches when you're playing with two bigs all the time.
It's hard to guard two dynamic players working together rather than guarding them going one-on-one.
In the NBA, if you can't defend your position, they're going to go at you over and over again.
If you've got a big man who scores the ball, you've got to defend, and if you've got a shooter, you've got to pick and choose who you're going to defend.
Guys like Andre Miller and Kevin Garnett - they're posting up hoping a second guy will run at them so they can pass. You're better just playing one-on-one in the post if you can.
Where I'm from, we don't take shots over two guys. When someone is doubled, it's the next man's job to take the shot and make it.
In my day, defenders played you with two hands and an elbow. You're not getting by a guy, especially if he has an elbow and a hand on you and is a strong defensive player.
When he's healthy, Zach Randolph for the Memphis Grizzlies has always been somebody that has always been very tough to play against.
Guys have made livings off me. Nick Anderson got a new contract. Travis Knight got a new contract off me. As a matter of fact, Derek Fisher called me yesterday to thank me. If you double me, I'm kicking out to Eddie, who's the best shooter in the East. Or I'm going to give it to Dwyane, or put it on the ground and come bang on you.
Defenses usually are trying to take away the guys who are getting a lot of catches earlier in the season.
The way we stop Mesut Ozil is as a team. He's a good player but only as a team can we stop him.
I've got leverage on a guy that's 6-6, and I'm strong enough to push 600-plus pounds off on a double-team.
Never tackle, never go down, we've heard it over and over again. You have to try to keep Messi away from the goal and block him with multiple players while being as close to him as possible. He is too quick, too fast, too intense with the ball.
We have ways to confront the attention that Messi gets. Some teams mark him personally; others get physical and surround him with players.
Any time you roll up a corner and you have a safety standing behind him helping out the corner, it's frustrating for any player.
