John Hammond
John Hammond
affected issue prism session viewed
Every issue in the legislative session will be viewed through the prism of the 2006 election. There will not be one issue of any significance that will not be affected by election-year considerations.
conditions event lead unstable
The conditions were very unstable which could lead to this kind of event happening.
choose definite far gives great guys plan send
I think this gives us another great opportunity, if we choose to use it. As far as us having a definite set plan to send guys down right now, we don't have one.
agreement aware jobs national nba obligation obviously playing responsibility team teams
Any NBA player, any international player, obviously has a contractual obligation to their team first and foremost. And all the national teams are aware of that and, of course, in agreement with that. Their jobs and the team that they're playing for is their first responsibility and they're all very aware about that.
angeles destroying los sad
They're destroying a big part of Los Angeles history. I'll be very sad to see it go.
francis intriguing pass steve
He's way too intriguing to pass up, ... And with Steve Francis there already, it really makes it very simple.
rain scale
more rain at the end of the week, but nothing on the scale of what we have seen.
conflict nice
Katie's a really nice person. It's unfortunate she had a conflict of interest.
broken guy hard human instinct
He was broken down. It's hard for a guy to take all that. It's human instinct to feel bad.
goes home physically returns
He goes home in one condition, ... and he returns a completely different person and player, physically and mentally.
amnesty happens left progress watch
That's all we can do, watch what happens and see who is out there. It's going to be interesting to see who's left after the amnesty deadline. Then things progress from there.
few next playing
There's not a whole lot to say at this point. It's something that's going to play out over the next few days. It's not that we're playing coy, we just have to wait.
certainly fill hope loose shaking situation somebody study
That's about all we can and want to do right now -- study the situation and see what's shaking loose around the league. We certainly hope to find somebody who can fill the bill, but we're going to be pretty selective.
certainly radar training
It's certainly on our radar for priority. We'd like to get something done by training camp.