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...think it would be harder to do when you're younger, because you're concerned with individual statistics. Allen: We still have egos. But if we were in our early 20s and Paul came down and shot three in a row, I might be thinking, The fourth shot is mine. I'm in a great place in my life. I don't at any point think like that. I just keep saying, "Let's keep going to Paul. They can't stop him." Before, I woulda been like, Where am I in the context of this offense...
...Kevin forgot his shoes for the photo shoot. You couldn't spot a size 15 shoe hanging around your house for the photo? Garnett: Actually, I didn't really think that my feet were going to be in any shots. Allen: He didn't want to bring those shoes. And tell him this too. We play so much, are on our feet so many nights, that when we go to a restaurant, I take my shoes off. Garnett: He don't wear socks either. Allen: I keep my socks...
...Changing subjects ... your team has developed a kind of catchphrase, ubuntu. Explain what that's all about. Allen: In Africa it's a phrase, a way of life that people subscribe to. Meaning community, people building all they want and supporting each other, and being of one. We always say it, jokingly sometimes. If somebody walks into a room and they have one plate of food, Paul will be like, "Way to ubuntu." Pierce: "That's not ubuntu. I need a plate...
...honest. Pierce: [Current Celtics general manager] Danny Ainge! He was just always that guy who got up under the players' skin and always tried to pick a fight. Just real feisty. I was the one guy who was like, "Man, tell him to stop!" Allen: Danny was a whiner...
...Kevin, you didn't like Kevin McHale, your old GM in Minnesota? Garnett: McHale, man, he would always get a bucket at the wrong time. He would trick somebody with the up and under, and it was like, "Awww, man." Allen: And you'd look at him run back down the court, you'd call him Frankenstein. Garnett: His shoulders never moved...