When he was young in Milwaukee, he just ran off?of screens. Later?in his stay there and in Seattle, they ran more isolations for him and?let him work off?of the dribble. Closer to the end, in Boston and?Miami, he was back to playing entirely off?of the ball and being a?shooter.

Ray was deadly. He understood how to run off?of screens; he?understood timing; he understood how to create a tiny gap to?generate the smallest windows of space. He and I had some battles,?especially in his Milwaukee and Seattle days. We were in the same?draft class—him, me, AI—so we were fighting to establish territory?back then.