What did Phil and Mitch tell you specifically that they want you to improve? "My in-between game. Phil Jackson said I'm either shooting a three or going to the basket, but it's the in-between- being able to pump fake a three point shot, take one or two dribbles and being able to knock down a mid-range jump shot is something I need to work on. Basketball wise, as far as being a better teammate, a better point guard, being able to communicate better with my teammates on and off the court is something I also have to work on. Because I'm a quiet and to myself kind of guy. Building relationships off the court will help for a better team on the court. So that's another place I need to work on." What do you plan on doing this summer in terms of improving your game? "I have to physically work on some things that will help me on the court. I talked to Gary Vitti and his staff, and they informed me about certain things that I can tweak up on my body. That I have to get stronger, that I have to even out, that I need to adjust so that when I'm playing out on the court it'll make me faster on defense or it'll make me stronger in what I want to do as far as when I'm taking my jump shot. So there's going to be a lot of off the court work to me bettering myself as a player." And other aspects specifically? Whether shooting, or on the ball defense, or whatever? Things that you really want to work on? "Of course I want to get better on my on the ball defense, but Coach Jackson brought to my attention that it's my off the ball defense that I need to work on. They say that I play defense off the ball upright, and that's costing me a fraction of a second to react to certain situations and certain things, so that's a place on my game on defense that I want to work on. Being able to be more alert and be quicker in my decisions in my off the ball defense."
