When teams are really out on me, I'm trying to drag them out as much as possible so my teammates can make plays.
I think it speaks a lot to Coach Kidd and my teammates to trust me as a rookie to make plays down the stretch. When they put that confidence in you, it's hard not to try to make plays.
A big thing for me is trying to work on slowing down and not rushing plays, so I can be able to make plays for my teammates.
I have great teammates around me who make plays.
My teammates trust me; they know I make the right plays. I'm not a selfish guy.
My teammates have put me in all different kinds of positions to score goals, and I can't say it enough, and I really through and through believe it in my heart that I'm only as good as my teammates allow me to be.
I've seen those mistakes where I could have just given an easy layup or quick dump pass just to get my teammates going, so I watched a lot of stuff on that. Now I see it, now I can make those plays and make sure I feed my teammates.
I can't play the game of basketball and live my life on what other people expect me to do or what they think I should do. That doesn't make me happy. What makes me happy is being able to make plays for my teammates, to be able to represent the name on the back of my jersey.
I'd like to be in a position to have plays run through me and share the ball, make plays. Still score, obviously, but make plays, as well.
I know people are going to put the main focus on stopping me, so I need to learn how to make my teammates better by passing and creating opportunities for them.
There weren't many plays for me. A lot of my stats came off broken plays, or when I didn't allow the options to play out and just took the shot.
I try to do my best to trust my teammates and make plays at the same time. I'm not the greatest at it. But I'm learning.
Every game is decided by one or two plays that teams do or don't make; you've got to make them or else you lose.
Most teams won't really focus on one player because they've got multiple players to defend and that will open up a lot of things for me.
Once I feel like I know my teammates, know where everybody is going to be, being a basketball player will allow me to attack from anywhere on the court, get better shots and facilitate.
I was waiting for my teammates to embrace me and no one came, ... I told them, 'Come hug me or the referee isn't going to allow it.'