Oh, yeah - I could see myself as a catch and shooter, come off curls and shooting. I really feel good about shooting the ball.
I think my jump shot could get a lot, lot better. I could become a really big threat out there.
Growing up, a lot of my shots came off of me dribbling and shooting it.
I always thought the objective of basketball was to get the maximum amount of movement to get the easiest shot, closest to the basket. With the three-point rule, the whole strategy changes, and you make a move and then throw it 30 feet out, where somebody takes a standing jump shot.
I was never the big leaper, the dunker, the long and athletic kid who looked the part of a traditional basketball star. Truth be told, I wasn't even considered a top guard coming out of my recruiting class.
You shouldn't just work on your jump shot. You should work on being a better person, a better teammate, and a better friend.
When you're younger, everyone wants to be a point guard. Everyone wants to shoot fadeaway jump shots all day. Nobody wants to be a big man. Nobody wants to go stand on the block and just set picks.
When I was younger, I was a guy who always wanted to get to the rim and attack the rim and just dunk the basketball.
I was a big Michael Jordan fan growing up. I don't feel my game resembles his though.
You got to be able to hit mid-range shots, you got to able to hit threes and you got to be able to finish in the lane.
Listen: God doesn't care whether or not you make your next jump shot. God will give you a lot of things in life, but he's not going to give you your jump shot. Only hard work will do that.
If I improve on the jump shot then I will be hard to guard.
Basketball will always be my first love.
My jump shot is the key thing. Guys go on the pick and roll and will force me to knock down shots.
Tim Hardaway was a guy who had his crossover and then he could shoot a jump shot and he could get to the bucket.
When it gets down to it, basketball is basketball.
If I'm contested, I'm not going to shoot the pull-up 3. But if I'm wide open and someone backs up off me, I'm gonna shoot it.
Basketball is basketball.
When I think about defending Kyrie, I think about respect. His shooting percentages were close to 50/40/90 as a 19-year-old rookie. When you come into this league with numbers like that, defenders have to respect your jumper.
We had a court, and my brothers would play outdoors, with rims barely hanging in there.
A basketball was in my hands 24/7, playing one-on-one against everybody and anybody, trying to prove against the older guys, just playing. The wind blowing outside, double rims, stuff like that, just always playing ball.
Basketball's fun; it really is. Because I've done it all my life.
NBA's spacing's really helped. Teams gotta really respect my jumper.
My best move is probably my pull up jump shot.
I like to get out and get up the court, using my speed and aggressiveness toward the hoop.
