“That was the hardest thing he ever done in the summer was play Kobe 1-on-1” – Gilbert Arenas shares then-4x All-Star's strenuous offseason workout with Kobe Bryant
"The invitation to join the Bulls was not an attractive one" - Kent McDill recalls Chicago Bulls' failed pursuit of NBA HoF after Michael Jordan left ahead of 98-99 season
"I never really bought into that but I leveraged it and monetized it and did well off of that" - Grant Hill reveals he hated the 'Next Michael Jordan' tag but still used it to benefit himself
“I was surprised at all the fans, because they kept trying to make me the face of the league” - 7x All-Star on being called the next Michael Jordan, says he thought it was foolish
“He goes to Jay Rich, ‘Jay Rich, you got a fat a**, man’… Shaq was nasty” - Grant Hill on Shaquille O'Neal’s behavior in the locker room, says it was constant humor
"I couldn't have done anything other than just prevent him from getting the ball" - Grant Hill picks Kobe Bryant over Michael Jordan as the best player he played against
"He came up to me.... I was talking all types of trash" - Grant Hill reminisces going back and forth with Michael Jordan about Duke-UNC rivalry during NBA 75 event
“I crossed him up, and I remember, I was like gigged about that and we lost the game” - Grant Hill says he wanted to go at Michael Jordan, says Jordan was always good to him
“No one’s endured as much hate as LeBron, the hype and what he’s done, you think about Jordan, he didn’t have to experience that” - 7x All-Star says he would’ve liked to play with LeBron James, says LeBron is the glue guy
“Instead of doing a marathon in a day, we are going to do it in 25 days because it’s too hard? No, the season is supposed to be hard” - Grant Hill says he has an issue with shortening the NBA regular season
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