We felt we needed more depth at the four and five spots. We've known since the end of last season and through training camp that we need to improve our rebounding and our depth up front.

We don't have the depth we usually have. We have four or five good seniors, but the key is whether the younger guys can play.

Over the last four, five years, you've seen some of the things, and maybe we did bend over too much for Ronnie to try to help him. But I can sleep good at night, knowing we did the best we could.

We really wanted to open the season with a bang and we felt that featuring well-known stars of Broadway would be a grand gesture, ... It will be a great pleasure to work with folks who have presented these pieces on the New York stage.

The market is plagued by warnings. There have been over 500 negative preannouncements in the last four to five weeks.

Our team speed is exceptional. I think we'll be slightly stronger this year at the three, four and five spots in our lineup.