• Playing with Kobe: How he was able to just, not so much fit in, but all of us came together. I mean, everybody had doubts about how that team was going to come together, how everybody was going to react to one another. Nobody had any problems, nobody from day one. Everybody clicked, everybody talked, everybody hung out. I was one of the guys that people were skeptical about playing with Kobe. But we helped bring everybody together and just made everybody have a good time.

• Playing with CP3: He's the greatest. He's one of the best teammates, man. He's a hard worker. He's a feisty little fellow. He's a competitor, he wants to win, and that's what he brought to the USA team. Everybody brought something different on that team.

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Carlos Boozer

• Playing with Kobe: You know what it was for me? And me and him are good friends, but I hadn't really trained with him -- is how hard he works. We saw his dedication to the game. He would get in the gym, lift weights, he would go over to the gym, get shots up before practice, go through the whole practice, and that was his routine every day. He's not great by accident is my point. He puts the work in. And I think what I learned about Kobe is he's so hungry to be good, he puts the work in. I just think his hunger and his determination is what I was most impressed with.

• Playing with CP3: How easy the game is for him. He don't really have no pressure to score, but he can give you 25, 30 any night he wants to. He's just a great playmaker. He comes off the pick and roll, pinpoint precision passing. Maybe the best passer we've got in the game. And does a great job of making everybody around him better. He puts the ball right where you need to have it to shoot the ball, score layups, get dunks, get open jump shots. And great confidence; he has great confidence in what he can do for us. I was really impressed by him, too.

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