Kobe Bryant has told me that he wants to win the gold as much as I do ... I think his team can fight for the gold, but we'll prepare to arrive there strong and we'll see what happens.
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I've come in training for a number of days with the maximum intensity. I don't have physical problems
With Mike D'Antoni in the coaching team they can overcome the problems of past championships because he is a trainer who has been in Europe ... A lot of times you got the feeling that they didn't know more than the basketball that they practiced in their own country.
I'm happy if any of our starters ... our guys like Pau (Gasol) and Kobe (Bryant), can spend less than 34 minutes on the floor ... That's pretty good. That's important. They (the backups) are able to break games open. Instead of throwing the bench in and saying, `OK, hold the fort. Keep us in this game while our starters recover,' they're able to extend the lead and that's important.
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