Things like that don't bother me. Just one week ago, Paul said he wanted to play his whole career in read more

Things like that don't bother me. Just one week ago, Paul said he wanted to play his whole career in one uniform. It's important for us to keep all our players in the right frame of mind, and it would be great if everyone felt good about everything for the whole year. But that's not the way the NBA season works. All I know is I talk to Paul and he tells me he wants to keep together and get better.

We're pretty much on schedule, ... We are talking to some people right now, but mergers are unpredictable. ... We'd read more

We're pretty much on schedule, ... We are talking to some people right now, but mergers are unpredictable. ... We'd like to see a transaction in the early part of 2006, but whether we will or not, frankly, depends on the sellers.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

Avoiding offense means that we don't accept each other as equals.

They needed a school teacher to organize things,

They needed a school teacher to organize things,

We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.

We have to have some rules and regulations in America, or the world would empty out here.

This was nothing more than the con working the kid.

This was nothing more than the con working the kid.

We laid it on the line. I have no regrets.

We laid it on the line. I have no regrets.

We'll come back next week, see if we can lower our scores. We need to have them all have low read more

We'll come back next week, see if we can lower our scores. We need to have them all have low scores on the same day.

If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, read more

If you have what you want to say inside, and if you are crying for something that is true inside, it doesn't matter. The camera always sees it.