Some players are more physical than others, some play with more finesse. Some are just really great all-around players. So you have to change your game.

I don't think that players learn how to play any other aspect of the game in high school or college.

You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.

They should have a rule: in order to be a sportswriter, you have to have played that sport, at some level; high school, college, junior college, somewhere. Or, you should have had to have been around the game for a long time.

When you play against different people from all walks of life you can't do the same thing against every player defensively or offensively. You have to change up the way you go at a player.

You've got to learn the footwork, the positioning, how to box out, how to pass, how to shoot your free throws. All these things are necessary, not to be the No. 1 player in the world, but maybe you can play against him.