Joe has tremendous upside. We feel we have one of the best up-and-coming rosters in the league.

Joe has tremendous upside and provides our franchise with a player whose talents are worthy of All-Star consideration, ... He has the versatility to play several positions for Coach (Mike) Woodson. Not only is Joe extremely gifted on the offensive end, his size on defense will give us a tremendous advantage against most teams. When you team him up with a combination of Josh Childress, Josh Smith, Al Harrington, Marvin Williams, Salim Stoudamire and Zaza Pachulia, we feel we have one of the best up-and-coming rosters in the league.

You know, Joe (Cannon) is one of the great goalkeepers in the league. But we have a roster full of players and they need to stay on top of their job. I thought Byron was very good. I think that he is young and has enormous shoes to fill whenever Joe Cannon is out.

Al Thornton is one of the best frontcourt players this league has.

We call it 'be a pro,' ... We think if you look professional, you'll feel professional and you'll have a better chance of being professional.

He won't turn 18 until July 25, or somewhere around there. He has a lot of tremendous upside. He has very big hands and can catch it. He's a very good foul shooter.