“Management has all the cards. They get the people and I work with what we get. At least I don't bitch and moan and demand to be traded. You think it's a bundle of laughs playing with a team that wins 35 every year? I still think this is a playoff team. I love New Orleans. I've spent a lot of my life in Louisiana. I don't just collect my paycheck and quit. I try hard. It hurts me to lose. It hurts to be part of a loser. But I will never believe the Jazz loses because of Pete Maravich.”
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