I'd like to think that the nature of the two teams - Boston being a championship team over the years and the Lakers, same thing - was a lot bigger than Larry Bird or Magic Johnson.
I think that teaching coaches are the norm now.
I think no one has written a history of the great coaches who were around 30 to 40 years ago who taught the fundamentals.
But I like to think an athlete is an athlete.
Look, I think you should promote the game, but I think you should make it what it ought to be. Not some kind of a side-show.
People say that, but I think the NBA was bigger than Larry Bird and Magic Johnson.
Who do I think was the greatest? This might shock you: Elgin Baylor. He did so many great things. Nobody could guard him, playing in the forward spot. I'd love to see some of today's greats playing against Elgin. They couldn't guard him. Nobody could.
I played when I played, and played, I think, against the greatest players in the greatest time in the history of basketball.
I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?