Layups Quotes

Really I can do everything on the court: pass, shoot, dribble, score.

I want to work on finishing at the basket more as far as more floaters, being more consistent.

I've always been a high-percentage shooter, obviously because I'm dunking and laying the ball up.

When it comes to basketball you always want to put the ball in the hole. You want to get as consistent and get that muscle memory right and be consistent.

I think a lot of people have the idea that all I do is dunk and all I do is make layups.

I don't think there's ever been a team that ever scored more layups than that Blazers team.

I can run up and down, shoot threes, or go inside. I can also get involved by setting screens and rebounding.

That's what I do - I run the floor, I run the wing. Either get easy layups or transition threes.

If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.

Balling is balling; it is all just basketball for me and I'm used to playing both games, so it really does not matter if it is international style, American style; it does not matter at all for me.

I can shoot, or I can roll, I can finish inside, I can take two-point shots, I can switch on defence and I can protect the paint.

Our centers spread the floor, shoot the three and block shots. We can play pick and pop.

There are basically five ways to score in the half court. Layups, mid-range, three-pointers, free throws - and then what I call 'tough shots.' Tough shots come anywhere on the floor, under difficult circumstances. The ability to create that shot is a special skill in the NBA.

I remember when I was 8 years old when I first started playing organized basketball, and the coaches had the kids in single file doing two-line layups and they were struggling to get the ball up there. Me, I'm doing reverse cradle layups with the backhand spins on it, like, jump from the right side and lay it up on the left side backwards.

Ballhandling - I made it a focus in all my workouts - working on my handles coming off screens with it, one or two-dribble pull-ups, making second moves, trying to mix it up and continuing to get better each day.

Offence doesn't concern me. It's easier for people to get layups than it is to get stops on defence or a block.