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“Players get destroyed. You could say you're going to draft the pope, and someone would say he's too old. Draft Santa Claus, and someone would say he wouldn't fit down the chimney.”
Ben Dogra
“It happened very, very quickly. We felt it was appropriate. We came into the draft drafting for the best player. It had nothing to do with needs or positions, that's the philosophy this year and we felt by getting Marvell we were getting the best player, the most attractive player.”
Alexi Lalas
“Because he's 19, I don't know if (getting drafted) is going to happen,”
Brian Kilrea
“Anytime you have multiple picks early in the draft you should be able to add depth to your system. When you have the opportunity to do that, you have to make the most of it and replenish your minor league system. ... Overall, if those players are who we think they're going to be and develop for us, it's an opportunity to upgrade the system from the top to bottom.”
Bruce Manno
“There could be more activity for him after the draft than through it.”
“You'll see guys on both sides of the ball get drafted, but I don't know if there will be more than three or four. There will be a few guys who sign as free agents, I'm sure. And that's all you want as a player, just an opportunity to get into camp and show what you can do.”
Brock Spack
“Usually the first day of the draft is on the day of the spring game, so you miss it. But we have some equipment people keep an eye on it and they will come and let us know.”
“After we drafted Chris Paul, it became obvious that Dan would look to sign elsewhere in order to have a chance to compete for a starting point guard job,”
Byron Scott
“Brown had the heads-up in the draft position, but as far as a rookie, you can't ask for much more. To go over 1,000 yards, to actually be in the playoffs, is a great rookie year.”
Cadillac Williams
“I tell him you're going to have another top 10 pick again in the draft, he tells me what they're gonna do to us. Carnell is like a brother to me. . . . We love each other. We'll keep it tight. We just try to compete against each other so much. . . . He knows we're gunning for him. He's going to try to do his best to run us over, especially me. He's got a big hit out for me.”
Carlos Rogers
