San Francisco Pro-Am
Basketball League

"To be able to play in it and enjoy the Bay Area competition, that's what it's about in the summer."

"We come to play. Anytime I play basketball, I take it seriously."

"A lot of players in college aren't playing with the pros daily. That will help me learn what to do and help me want the ball at crunch time."

"It's a great opportunity for me to get out on the court and experiment with some of the things I have been working on in the off-season."

"It's great playing here. These guys get to play against us. Normally they see us on TV and it gets them pumped up to face us and it gets us umped too. It's a lot of fun."

"My career definitely was helped by being in the Pro-Am League because it gave me an opportunity to play against top competition in a different format than I'd been used to."

"I know some of these kids enjoy seeing what they can do playing against guys like us, it's like I felt when I got to play against guys like Sonny Parker, Bill Reid, Kurt Rambis, and John Lambert when I was a kid."

"I'm just using this league to get stronger and faster."

"I'm trying to work on my post play. In the NBA, you just have to play a little more up-tempo."

"To have a summer league like that at that level of competition, it doesn't matter if it's an NBA game or a high-level competition, it feels the same."

"The summer league was legendary at Kezar Stadium. It was a great atmosphere, lot of people every game."

"Players always come back. When I was a kid, I would come back and play in Pro-Am because there's always a great run."

"I'm there grabbing the trophy with all the professionals looking at me. That was the highlight. That let's me know that I can be right where they are with the right break. They're my measuring stick."

"The league builds up my confidence."

"Playing here is for friends, fans, and the kids."