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SLAM: What skills have you been working on away from getting your knee ready? Is there anything you can’t do?
AB:: I can do everything. Basically, this off-season I’ve been focusing on dribbling skills and developing a 15-20 foot shot, which should be able to free me up a bit more so I’ll be able to face up against defenders and be able to make moves against them. cause it kind of got to a point where people were trying to take the middle away from me. So now if I open up, and I see that they’re sagging off, I can pop a little J and they’ll have to play me honestly. And it’s just easier.
SLAM: What do you feel like the strongest part of your game is right now?
AB: I think the strongest part is probably sprinting down the court early and getting deep post position. I think if I get deep post position, there’s really nothing anybody can do. I can finish right, left, and just have a variety of different moves I make thanks to Brian Shaw, Gerald Wilkins, and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, also Kurt Rambis, just teaching me every day, working out.

SLAM: Have the veterans been playing pick up ball or anything like that?
AB: Yeah we started playing pick up ball shortly after I got back; I got back September 2, so we’ve been running. The true veterans aren’t really yet—you know, Pau, Kobe, Lamar. They’re working hard individually, doing those types of things. They all played a tremendous amount of minutes. I wanna say yeah, the mid-veterans and young players are all playing pick up.

Q: When will you bust out a skyhook?
A: I don’t know when. Hopefully, it will be this season. It’s a tough shot and that’s why he (Abdul-Jabbar) is one of the greatest in the game.
Q: What do you hope to accomplish in the next five years, outside of winning championships?
A: I hope to make the All-Star team this season and play in the Olympics in London. That’s a big thing for me.
Q: Who has been the toughest opponent you have faced personally?
A: I would have to say Yao (Ming). It’s weird to play up against someone longer than me. But I’ve worked on a couple of moves to counter that.

That Nicka wrote:OMFG i cant wait anymore.... The season needs to start already

dcash4 wrote:

That Nicka wrote:OMFG i cant wait anymore.... The season needs to start already

less than two weeks til the first preseason game.

Q: How long did it take you to get over the “awe” factor of working with Kareem?
A: It’s funny, I was so star-struck when I first met him I called him ‘Wilt.’ I think he was a little offended.

milesfides wrote:These quotes from Bynum are like porn.