AUTOBIOGRAPHY IS CALLED HANG TIME AND IS ALREADY ON THE NEW
YORK TIMES.
YORK TIMES. YOU SERVED IN THE ARMY WHEN YOU
ARE PLAYING IN THE NBA.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US THERE
IS SO MUCH TO GET TO.
WHAT DID YOU WRITE THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
AUTOBIOGRAPHY? >> -- WHY DID YOU WRITE THE
AUTOBIOGRAPHY?
AUTOBIOGRAPHY? >> PEOPLE ALWAYS WRITE ABOUT EX-
PLAYERS.
PLAYERS.
PLAYERS. THEY SAID YOU SHOULD WRITE A
BOOK.
BOOK.
BOOK. AND
BOOK. AND I SAID OKAY, FINE, I WILL
WRITE A BOOK.
>> WHAT WERE SOME OF THE
STORIES THAT CAME BACK TO YOU,
WHERE YOU THOUGHT I ALMOST
FORGOT ABOUT THAT.
>> I THINK THE MAIN THING,
TEAMMATES THAT I PLAYED WITH
AND PLAYED AGAINST.
I RUN INTO THEM DIFFERENT
PLACES I GO.
TO SEE THEM -- WE WOULD GET
TOGETHER, GO OUT TO EAT AND KID
WHEN ANOTHER -- KID ONE ANOTHER.
SOME I HADN'T SEEN IN SO MANY
YEARS.
YEARS.
YEARS. >>
YEARS. >> YOU GREW UP IN WASHINGTON,
D.C. IT WAS SEGREGATED AT THAT
TIME. YOU GREW UP UNDER DONALD
STERLING, HOW WOULD YOU SAY IT
HAS IMPACTED YOUR LIFE?
>> I DO NOT KNOW.
THINK ABOUT IT -- YOU JUST LIVE
LIFE AND BE HAPPY WITH YOUR
FAMILY. JUST DO IT.
I DO NOT EVEN THINK ABOUT IT.
>> YOU CAME ALL THE WAY FROM
D.C., SEATTLE UNIVERSITY.
WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT GOING TO
THE NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP GAMES?
>> I AM TRYING TO REMEMBER THE
GAMES.
GAMES.
GAMES. I
GAMES. I WAS HAPPY, THE FACT WE WERE
ABLE TO HAVE THE BEST RECORD IN
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE.
COLLEGE. THE THING I REMEMBER MOST IS
OFFICIATING. I THOUGHT IT WAS
THE WORST OFFICIATING IN THE
WORLD BECAUSE I THINK IT WAS
THREE QUICK FOULS I GOT RIGHT
AWAY. I SAID SOMETHING TO THE
REFEREE AND HE GOT ALL OVER ME.
HE TOLD ME SHUT UP, BOY.
I GOT FOULED. THEY DID NOT CALL
IT.
IT.
IT. >>
IT. >> RACE PLAYED A FACTOR.
>> YES, AND IN YOUR HOMETOWN,
TOO.
TOO.
TOO. >>
TOO. >> THAT IS UNBELIEVABLE.
IT SHOWED A HIGHLIGHT OF LeBRON
JAMES AND YOU HOLD THE RECORD
FOR 61 POINTS.
THEY ASKED IF LeBRON HAS PASSED
MICHAEL JORDAN.
MICHAEL JORDAN. WHO DO YOU THINK IS THE BEST
PLAYER EVER?
PLAYER EVER? >> PICK A PLAYER, THE QUESTION
-- WHAT KIND OF TEAM DO YOU
WANT TO HAVE?
DO YOU WANT TO HAVE A TEAM THAT
RUNS, TEAM THAT IS A GOOD
DEFENSIVE TEAM?
DEFENSIVE TEAM? WHEN THEY LOOK AT THE RECORD,
THEY HAVE WON CHAMPIONSHIPS.
YOU WANT A PLAYER LIKE RUSSELL.
THOSE GUYS, THEY ARE HAPPY TO
BACKUP RUSSELL.
BACKUP RUSSELL. A FEW TIMES, RUSSELL GOT HURT.
HE DID NOT PLAY, AND HE GOT
WHIPPED PRETTY GOOD. THEY DID
NOT HAVE RUSSELL.
RUSSELL IS A GREAT OFFENSIVE
PLAYER. BLOCKING SHOTS, SETTING
PICS, THEY GO UNNOTICED.
-- SETTING PICKS, THEY GO
UNNOTICED.
UNNOTICED. >> BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WHAT
YOU WANT PEOPLE WHO NEVER SAW
YOU PLAY TO LEARN FROM YOU IF
YOU GET IN THE BOOK?
-- IF THEY GET THE BOOK?
>> I WANT TO TELL THEM I DID MY
BEST.
BEST.
BEST. STILL, I ENJOYED -- I HAD A
GREAT -- I HAD A GREAT
TEAMMATES AND A GREAT
RELATIONSHIP WITH THE TEAMS WE
PLAYED AGAINST.
PLAYED AGAINST. WE WOULD GO OUT TO EAT TOGETHER
>> IT WAS A DIFFERENT TIME.
>> ESPECIALLY RUSSELL, HE
TURNED IT BACK.
AFTER THE GAME, IN THE DRESSING
ROOM, RUSSELL WOULD KNOCK ON
THE DOOR AND ASKED ME WHERE WE
GOING TO EAT?
WE WERE GOOD FRIENDS.
>> WE APPRECIATE YOU SPENDING
TIME WITH US.
YOU WILL DO A SIGNING AT THE
ELLIOTT BAY COMPANY ON 10th
AVENUE AT 1 PM TODAY.
IF YOU WANT TO GET A SIGNATURE,
YOU CAN GO THERE.
WE APPRECIATE YOU HANGING WITH