Q: What was the biggest attraction that brought you here?

A: Just their style of play. It seems like they have a lot of fun out there on the basketball court. Playing against them and watching them play last year, I mean it's my style of play since I've known how to play basketball. Even after I got bought out of Minnesota, if I could pick any place it'd be here or in Phoenix just because of their style of play. All summer long I didn't think I would ever be in Golden State even though I wanted to play here. A lot of other teams turned my services down and it seemed like it was just meant for me to be here. At the last minute the team I always wanted to come to called me up and I was ecstatic. I was excited about being here and coming in. My agent's like, "Golden State's looking at you" and I'm like, "That's good!"

Q: Why were some of the other teams turning you down?

A: I don't know the reasons. Maybe they thought I was still injured. You know I didn't play much last year and maybe they were concerned about my ankle. We even told them we'd pay our own way to come in and you can work me out and see that I'm fine, but they weren't getting back to us the way we'd have liked, so I think this is all part of God's plan that that did happen, because I felt like if I would've went in and shown what I could do I may have been in other places. That didn't happen and I'm where I want to be.

Q: The ankle's good?

A: The ankle's great.

Q: What are your expectations coming into the season?

A: My expectation is to have fun. I know Baron's the man at the point guard position. I want to relieve some of his minutes so he can stay fresh throughout the entire season. I can come in and provide some veteran leadership and just have fun. This is gonna be a fun year for me and that's what it's about. I've played ten seasons, I've made a lot of money in this league and for me not to be able to play the way I've wanted to play the last two years, it's been a humbling experience. To be put in a situation like this where everything's loose and everyone's having fun and enjoying themselves, it's like a dream come true.

Q: You mentioned you played for ten years. Some guys with that much experience would have a problem coming in and being partially an "insurance policy."

A: Like I said, not being able to play for two years...for two years it was health problems. Last year, whatever the problem was I didn't know, I just didn't play the amount of games and minutes I'd have liked. It wasn't up to me. Sometimes you have to look back like, "Man, I'm just happy to be playing again." You come into a situation like this where if you play ten minutes in this style of play it's fun. It's not about the minutes here. If you play ten minutes and do what you're supposed to do, Don Nelson's the type of coach who's gonna find minutes for you.

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