They say every village in Oaxaca, like Chiapas, has a basketball court. Sometimes there's not much else there.

They're great kids and I feel fortunate to have been able to coach them. Not only are they good basketball players, they're great kids and they deserve everything that they've gotten. They all had different roles on the team but no one person's role was more important than the others.

Every year, you try to improve something. I've worked on everything. I'm not - I can't be - satisfied with what I did last year. I've got to improve.

vice president.

To be honest, it seems like the decision to release me was taken way in advance. When they informed me about it, they told me a big man was what they were looking for. Had I known that before, I would have not come to training camp with the Magic. . . . I think they should have shown more respect to Felipe Lopez the person. I feel like I have been used.

I think I was never given a fair shot,