That's what's crazy about it. How can you not invite one of the world's top five or 10 players? That's mind-boggling to me. I guess [USA Basketball] has their plan. I just hope it works.

I'm certainly not going to consider myself one of the top five greatest players ever.

You want to go to the playoffs with a bit of a swagger. It's not to the level we want it to be. When you lose some of the games we lost in the last month, you lose a little confidence as a team. The way we played in the last six games gives us a little confidence. It really goes back to us playing hard.

This team is really focused [now]. We've been through an awful lot, not only last year, but the last two years.

It's not necessarily about getting a rhythm. It's about me and my teammates getting a rhythm together and making a run. We feel like we have something special but we have to put in the work to get to that special level.

Obviously, they've got Jason Kidd, who opens up the court so much, Vince Carter on one wing and Richard Jefferson on the other wing. That's a tough task. We've got to play great team defense, learn from each other and see what happens after that.