[James] has taken his game to a level that separates the good from the elite. Right now, he has to be one of those guys that makes the NBA wish it didn't pass the age-limit rule.

In life, you have two choices: Do you control your life… or not? Are you the driver or the passenger? Do you make stuff happen, or let stuff to happen?

I took the PATH train in, and I work next to the World Trade Center. The PATH station smelled like popcorn, unlike the urine and blood of the New York City subways. I was immediately smitten.

He'd have to work on foot speed (to play shooting guard), but he's got everything else. He really can do just about anything. When he leaves the floor, everybody is going to get out of their seats, because he's got great volleyball instincts. He has the ability to explode off the floor and he does it so gracefully. A lot of that has to do with timing he learned in volleyball.

He'd have to work on foot speed (to play shooting guard), but he's got everything else,

The thing I think Lucas has is that calm poise and mature demeanor about him and he makes everyone around him better.