Isiah Thomas

He is...

He's tough, man.

He's a shot maker from long distance.

He's got mid-range game.

He can post you up.

He's got finish around the basket, right hand, left hand.

You know, he goes both ways, right and left.

He's, you know, he is...

I don't know what I would try to take away, and whatever I take away, he's good enough to do something else.

So he, by far right now, in terms of scoring a basketball and making shots and playmaking, he's at the top of the league right now in my opinion.

Kareem, Bird, Duncan, Jordan, myself.

I was thinking of Kobe or LeBron, but it's like I need a little bit more scoring and balance in someone that would play well with Kareem and also myself.

And I thought that that's why I paused.

Well, the teaching in our game has drastically, in my opinion, gone down.

And I think what, you know,

Kareem, he had great teachers.

And not only did he have great teachers, but they knew how to teach.

So when you talk about the greatest shot ever, being coached by Wooden, and then in high school, he had great fundamentals.

He had great teaching.

We have good coaches in our game now.