To be honored by your peers is incredibly gratifying and I am so thankful to my colleagues across the league for this recognition. I'm also grateful to the talented and dedicated coaching staff I work with every day in Toronto. To be recognized with an award that bears Michael H. Goldberg's name is very special.

I look back and see what life could have been if I hadn't applied myself in basketball, and I'm really thankful for every experience I've had.

I look back and see what life could have been if I hadn't applied myself in basketball, and I'm really thankful for every experience I've had.

I have confidence in my manhood to be able to cry at a movie or at a wedding, too.

That's the problem with our industry: patience. People want instant NBA stars, and that's not going to happen.