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The word was that I was going to be drafted by Golden State. But that just didn't happen. So I tried out for a free agent team which I made.

It was a black mark on me. I had a chance to get drafted and get like a $50,000 or so bonus, but I didn't even get drafted and I think that definitely was a big part of it. I think it was better for me in the long run, though, because as a free agent, I could pick the best team for me to go to.

A team has money invested in you. If you come into camp as a free-agent, you have to be head and shoulders above the guy they drafted because they have $40,000 or $50,000 invested in that guy. I know I'm not a sure-fire draft pick. When I get my opportunity, whatever it is, I'll make the best of it.

It would be nice to see my name roll by. But I'm hearing it might be better not to be drafted. That way, I'll be a priority free agent.

I didn't want to leave the Golden State fans, because when I wasn't playing, they chanted me in. [But] the NBA is a business and you see it all the time where a team, if they can do you wrong, they will. My whole concern was, what if I got hurt? What would happen? And [the Warriors] couldn't answer that for me.

I'm really nervous. I know I'm going to be playing next year. It's a question of being drafted or signing as a free agent.

Steve Weatherford

I don't care if you've been drafted No. 1 or signed as a free agent. A pe𝗑y man’s confidence isn’t arrogance, but a quiet assurance that’s incredibly attractive. You're going to get out of the game what you put into it. His commitment level is very high. I can tell he's on a mission.

I believe I am staying calm. I won't be drafted the first day (during the first three rounds). I am sure about that. I'm looking more to go late on the second day, or even sign as a free agent. I'm just more anxious than nervous right now.

I made one last call to [agent] Craig Landis [on Tuesday], and obviously we had gone down some roads to see what our options were and Jon stepped up. He made a statement about who he is about. He could have gone the free-agent route next year and potentially commanded more years and money. This shows that was less of a concern than him wanting to be here.

We had a golden opportunity with this team, and we didn't seal the deal. The last two games, free throws have killed us. I've been telling them all year that it'll all come down to free throws.

It's a multi-year deal, ... and it's an opportunity for both Monta and Golden State to grow together. I think Golden State was amenable to doing something that was fair and generous and allowing for flexibility on both sides .... As far as the guarantees are concerned, the only thing I will say is that I'm satisfied and pleased with Golden State's attentiveness to the deal.

I don't particularly like doing all the traveling and all the free agent stuff, so I figured if it fits, why not try it on? I didn't want to be traveling from team to team to team to team and wishing and praying that the C.B.A. gets done, I kind of wanted to get this over with as quickly as possible.

We've never been a big free-agency team because we don't believe that's the way to put a team together, exclusively. We believe that the draft will always be the main part of your team, but we also believe that you'll have to plug in the occasional free agent. In recent years, we haven't gone after the high-end market (players) because we've concentrated on keeping our own players, who may have been higher-end guys if they became free agents.

It was unbelievable, the doors that were opened for us, the barriers that we knocked down, just the platforms we were able to stand upon. We literally lit up little kids lives. We made things happen and we didn't really understand. We were just doing what we loved to do. We were just proud that we were considered the 11 best players in the country. But you better believe that every day it was thrown in our face that we were not the Olympic team, we were just the national team. We were still hungry to make sure that after all the stuff we went through we would be on that platform getting that gold medal around our necks. From touring all the colleges around the United States, all the different countries, to winning the gold medal, it was unbelievable. You can't put it into words. When people ask me to put my experience into one word, I'm speechless. And I never let the cat get my tongue! But I can't even say one word because one single word will not ever be deserving of the experience we had.

We're just keeping our fingers crossed that we can work everything out. I guarantee from our end, we're doing everything we can to make it happen. ... We're going to re-negotiate from a free agent's standpoint, and we're obviously going to be in my opinion the most competitive team in the market for our guy.

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