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...We had Media Day on Monday, which was really fun (Except I had to sign something like 1,000 basketballs and 1,000 Clippers hats. That was not so fun.) Media Day in the NBA is a lot different from Media Day in college. At Texas A&M, Media Day was really small compared to this. For the Clippers we had about 500 news stations but at Texas A&M we only had like five. Okay maybe 500 is an exaggeration, but there were a lot more here. I really liked it though. Getting together in uniform with the guys at the new Training Center was fun.

Speaking of the Training Center, the place is awesome. I love it. We have full access to it 24 hours a day and seven days a week which is great. I've been working out there what seems like 24/7. It's a lot different than college. In college there were a certain amount of hours you could work out as a team and on your own. Here there's no limit. I can come in and work out whenever I want to get in there and do my work. I've been working real hard so I can produce this year. It's nice too because I live so close, maybe two or three lights away.

I also got a new tattoo during Summer League. It's a half of a skull and half of the world and it says, "Don't gain the world and lose your soul." It's not really "remember where you came from," but more like, "don't let it all get to your head to where you stop working and then it all goes down the drain." That's what it means to me, so I got it as a reminder. I'm not saying that I need to get a tattoo to remind me, but I do like tattoos. I have... (hang on, counting)... 11 total. My favorite one is the one on my abs that says "G.W.O.M." I used to write that on my sneakers in college, it stands for "God Watch Over Me."

scratch21 wrote:He's dope. I hope he can live up to his hypeee

thanumba2clippersfan wrote:^ Don't forget Kaman as well. DJ has some good veterans to show him how to become a solid pro.

playaloc916 wrote:I remember seeing one summer league game where he had a monster dunk and then let out a big shout. Or was that a block? Either way, I'm hoping he'll get a bit of playing time this year and provide some highlight material.

Then last week, when I was boarding the plane for our game in Fresno, I saw the big first class seat. They looked pretty nice so I was thinking, "Okay cool. I'm going to sit up in first class." I was about to sit down when Tim Thomas says, "No, no, no Rook. You're going to the back, Rook." So I'm going to the back and I get to the middle of the plane, and I found out that's where all of the coaches sit. So I keep walking down the aisle and it turns out I'm sitting in the very back, I'm talking like last seat back of the plane. It's just me, Mike Taylor and Eric Gordon. The seats would only recline like two inches. I'm tall, too so it was a bit of a tight squeeze back there. I just stuck my legs in the aisle and prayed the flight attendant didn't run me over with the cart.

So when we were in Fresno and we were playing the Lakers, I dunked over Chris Mihm. It was so fun and I was just really excited, so after I dunked I screamed? and got a technical. That quickly brought me back down to reality. At the moment it happened though, I wasn't really thinking. Rookie mistake, I guess. So after the game the vets were taunting me, saying things like, "That was a nice dunk but you got a tech! Yada yada yada." Then the next day at practice they were still making fun of me. One of the guys would shout out, "Hey, who's this? Who's this?" And then he'd dunk the ball and yell, "Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhrrrrrrrrrrrrrawwwww!" Yeah, that was me.

Another fan named Henry Price had more of a comment than a question, calling Marcus Camby and Brian Skinner "great mentors." He's absolutely right. Working with those guys has been really great. They let me know everything I need to know in order to be a great player. Some tricks that they know, like how there are many ways to be patient and not to be so quick because the game will come to you, that's what they're teaching me right now. I'm just trying to take every gift that I have and try and excel in it.

loot wrote:so...what do we have in jordan...and how many years before he cracks the rotation?