Dallas Mavericks wing Justin Anderson recently went on The Ben and Skin Show on 105.3-FM The Fan. Here are some highlights.

On his reaction to Kevin Durant signing with the Warriors:

"When I say this to my friends back home or even to my family, they kinda just look at me and laugh -- I like it a lot just because it makes our league more competitive. Imagine if they don't win the championship -- hopefully we're the champions next year -- but if they don't win the championship, whoever does beat them whether it's us or whoever else, that team's really gonna earn it with them stacking up the way that they did. It's no different than when LeBron (James) first went to Miami and they had the Big Three or (Kevin Garnett) and those guys went to Boston. Now the thing is the Big Four, you know, and it is what it is. It's just going to make our league more competitive. I think it's going to be a lot more viewers. I think ESPN's gonna be full of NBA basketball because every time they play I'm sure everyone's going to try and get that game. I can't wait to play against them. I think it's going to be really fun. I'm not saying that in a way to try and start anything but I'm a competitor and when it's time to go no matter where we are and who we're playing against, the team that I wear on the front of my jersey I'm going to go to war for that team and Dallas I think is just as ready as I am."

On his development and the Mavericks' level of involvement in his offseason:

"They kinda showed me what my role was going to be this year based off the end of the season. What I worked on a lot this year was, 'Where was I during these games? What positions, what spots?' And I think I showed a lot of maturity in how I approached my work in the sense of, you can go do all the stuff with the two-ball dribbling and dribbling between your legs. But at the end of the day I got Deron Williams as a point guard, he likes to have the ball in his hand and make plays. All he wants me to do is catch and shoot. So obviously getting a lot of reps up this summer has been my best friend. And then outside of that, just continuing to try to mold my game not just for this year but for years to come. Just kinda looking at the big picture, working on bits and pieces. Different things, things that I've seen from older players, current players. How can I just be more well-rounded? I came back, they were really impressed with the work that I put in this summer. I got much slimmer. I feel good, my body feels good. So hopefully heading into training camp i can show what I got and we can get the ball rolling."

On the combination of himself, Harrison Barnes and Wes Matthews as perimeter defenders:

"When you say those three names, all I can think of is one of the best perimeter defensive teams in the league. Deron's no slack at guarding the point. He guards the best point guards. So it's not like we have to hide him or put him on the three man like some other point guards in the NBA. He'll take Steph (Curry), he'll take Kyrie (Irving), he'll take whoever. And then sometimes Wesley's competitiveness, 'We got a shooting guard, no D-Will, you take him, I want to pick him up full court.' And then obviously that's what Harrison does, outside of catch and shoot and things like that. When you say those three names, I just think, 'Wow, it's gonna be fun.' Learning from those two older guys but at the same time I bring something different. I bring that knack for blocking shots or bring that energy or being able to dive on the floor. We all bring something different to the table and I'm very excited to see what we got defensively. I think (Rick Carlisle) is going to challenge us starting here in a couple weeks at training camp to try to make us the best wing defenders in the league."