He talked about a chance to win, and ultimately he decided to play for the NBA champions.

It was a nice meeting. We had a chance to talk to Michael and his agent and I would say that things went well. Hopefully the story line we presented was a compelling one.

I have no predisposed position on who he is as a coach, what type of basketball he should play. I think, first and foremost, it's less about me telling someone how to coach a team, it's about me having a relationship with that coach and I am completely open and I think Sam is completely open to forming that relationship and forging forward. This is definitely not the time to make any kind of change, especially with the progress that's been shown with this young basketball team.

I think if Yao Ming was on my team, we'd probably have a 100 percent chance of winning an NBA championship.

I'd rather play here in the NBA.

A lot of pro teams like to play their exhibitions in various places. The NBA likes to go to different places, sometimes college campuses (where their players were popular).