I always end up saying, whether it being my rookie year, not playing as many games as I should have with the new coaching and whatnot, and then my injury and my suspension, I feel like every year, it's always been something, you know what I mean?

I want to stay with the Hawks.

I've seen some of those comments and they hurt me a little bit, saying 'This guy's a cheater.' And I feel like if you know me, you know my character, and just my person, you know that's not what I would do, not what I would ever do.

Coming from a player who has already been on two rebuilding teams and now in my third year on a rebuilding team, it's like, what more can I say of how tired I am?

It's frustrating and difficult to go out there every night as an underdog, knowing you're probably going to lose, knowing you still have to play hard to prove yourself to your teammates, coaches and higher-ups that you're still valuable.

I feel like every NBA player puts their life into this game, and for it to be cut short - it hurts, especially when you have so much unfinished business that you feel like you needed to handle.

I wasn't a very highly recruited guy out of high school... It's always a chip I've had on my shoulder.

I think I've always had the ability to shoot.

I didn't get a chance to shoot any threes at all in the offense we ran at Wake.

I felt like that was an important thing for guards to trust the big fella when they give them the ball - that you can catch and finish. I think that's real big for the trust between you and your guards.