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My first couple of years in the league left me very unstable. I had some times where I played well, and I had some times were I really did not get the opportunity. After Rick Pitino gave up on me my first year, people were like, 'He can't play.' So I had to get over that hump.

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Play, Some, Very, Unstable

I am a big music guy. Hip-hop, R&B, old school, jazz.

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Music, I Am, Big, Old School

I liked being home playing in front of my people, but I just did not like the situation because I was playing shooting guard, and that is not my position. I would play it if someone like Rip got hurt, but to do it for an entire season, that is not my position. I got it done when I was asked to do. But inside, I know that is not me.

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Play, Shooting, Guard, Hurt

As I have conveyed before, ultimately I would like to lead a team's basketball operation and be a part of a successful franchise.

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Like, Before, Franchise, Conveyed

My wife cooks, I clean. Then I go to practice, come home, and take a two hour nap. I wake up, shave my head, then it's time to ball.

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Wife, Practice, Go, Nap

I can remember me and my cousin always fighting. He was a big Bulls and Michael Jordan guy.

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Big, Always, Michael Jordan, Jordan

Magic was always my favorite. I think Jordan was the best player ever, but Magic was my personal favorite.

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Magic, Think, Always, Jordan

I persevered, sustained, and continued to work hard and finally got my opportunity in Detroit, and I never turned back from that point. That's what made it so sweet to me to win a championship after what I went through. I had to scrap and fight to get through it, and to reach the pinnacle made it even sweeter.

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Reach, Through, Turned, Detroit

I got 'Smooth' when I was growing up. I got 'Bigshot' playing in Detroit. People who know me from Denver call me 'Smooth.'

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People, Call, Got, Detroit

I'm from Denver, and basketball there isn't near what it is out in Chicago or Detroit or L.A. There weren't that many great players to come out of the area; I was the best player in high school. I was Player of the Year four straight years for the state. As a freshman, I was State Player of the Year; I was Mr. Everything, so I was a phenom.

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Best, Year, Years, Detroit

When I signed back with Detroit, I signed to retire a Piston.

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Retire, Back, Signed, Detroit

I'm thinking about being the best I can be at ESPN in the studio.

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Studio, About, ESPN, Being The Best

I'm a lot more serious on the court. I'm probably a lot more intense than some of these guys thought I would be. Off the court, I'm a totally different dude. But my passion's to win, and I'm a perfectionist out there.

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Thought, More, Some, Dude

I got into a lot of fights, but it wasn't because of my name. Being from the neighborhood with a name like Chauncey, people think I got picked on. But a lot of strange names come out of the neighborhood.

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Think, Like, Fights, Neighborhood

I have great respect for Dan Gilbert and the Cleveland Cavaliers, and I greatly appreciate the discussions we had regarding their organization.

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Had, Gilbert, Discussions, Cleveland

Quite frankly, Minnesota was where my career kind of turned around, and it all had to do with Flip Saunders and his coaching prowess and his system.

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Career, Kind, Turned, Prowess

The game was very, very good to me. I felt like I was equally as good to the game the way I played it and the way I respected it and the way I carried myself through the process.

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Through, Very, Carried, Respected

I can do a lot more by shooting from outside, score inside, penetrate, and make opportunities for others.

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Shooting, Inside, More, Penetrate

Nobody loses gracefully and easily, but there is a way to go about it.

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Go, Loses, About, Gracefully

For me, I think Andre Drummond is going to be a superstar. We didn't have that. We had a lot of very good players. I think Drummond will be a superstar if he continues to work. The media, everyone is behind him.

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Think, Very, Andre, Superstar

I always wanted to retire a Piston anyway. That's where I stayed the longest and had most of my success. I always wanted to be remembered as a Piston.

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Always, Longest, Had, Retire

I'm not the fastest player, but you can't really play up on me because my handles are good enough where I can get around you. But you can't play off of me, because I can shoot. And if smaller guys try to defend me, I'll back them down. I'm a good post player.

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Play, Back, Smaller, Shoot

What bothered me more than if LeBron left or not was that I didn't think they had great assets if you have to do a rebuild. It was more that than Bron. Bron and I have always had an amazing relationship.

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Always, Rebuild, LeBron, Assets

In any rebuilding process, I feel like there's probably going to be two or three coaches.

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Process, Like, Going, Coaches

We don't just hop out of bed, scratch our eyes, and become an NBA baller. It's a process. It's a tough grind that you have to go through that people don't understand.

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Process, Bed, Through, Scratch

It wasn't that I knew Kyrie wanted to be traded or not, or him and LeBron had a beef. I don't know any of those things.

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Traded, Knew, Had, LeBron

I think the most important position in the league now is the point guard.

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Think, Important, Most, Point Guard

Anytime you can grace the cover of any videogame, that means that you're on that level. That you're one of the best.

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Level, Cover, Means, Anytime

People only see you on TV and riding around like stars, but they don't see behind the scenes how much time you have to put in working out. The lifting, the eating habits, trying to change all that so you can be that guy on TV, to be a baller, that's what people don't understand.

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Behind, TV, How Much Time, Scenes

I'm the kind of guy who has to be two feet in if I am going to give my best effort, so broadcasting is something I'm looking at long-term.

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Feet, Give, Going, Long-Term

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