Come Quote by Charles Oakley

There are franchise players to build around that have championship-level talent, skill, basketball IQ, and character - it's hard to find those guys. Those…

— Jeff Van Gundy

I always said in my mind I wanted to be an All-Star and show four-year guys in the NBA can be good players as…

— Roy Hibbert

Five guys on my high school team made the NBA.

— Quinn Cook

The top 100 guys overseas could play in the NBA, right? But a lot of times, it's about that opportunity, about that fit.

— Spencer Dinwiddie

I think in Boston we had three great players in Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.

— Tom Thibodeau

If you look at the history of the NBA, guys that came out of high school are the guys that held the NBA together.…

— Lou Williams

Where else but the NBA could people like Bill Russell, Spencer Haywood, Ricky Barry, Dennis Rodman, and Allen Iverson come in and be allowed…

— Bill Walton

I think if all three of my boys get on the Lakers somehow, they would change the NBA.

— LaVar Ball

A lot of guys go into the NBA not being able to shoot the ball well, but then they become great shooters.

— Ben Simmons

I just think we're all high-level basketball players, best in the world. And no matter the outside circumstance, we still have to play basketball.

— Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

There's not too many 5-10 basketball players that make it, let alone play college and make it to the NBA.

— Gordon Hayward

People will think there are no other great ballplayers. Look at Garnett. Look at Duncan, Shaq, Kobe. Look at the players with Sacramento. The…

— Oscar Robertson