Fete Lifestyle Magazine February 2025 - Love & Connection Issue | Page 87

Explain how your experience as an NBA player and athlete shaped your view on fatherhood?

People ask me all the time what was the hardest part about retiring from the NBA. My answer is this. You have to grow up and become an adult. The NBA has been your parent for years. It took care of everything. Now it's on you.

What advice would you give to other fathers in general raising children in today’s world?

1. Patience

2. Discipline

3. Hard work

4. Accountability

5. Let your kids enjoy their journey

6. Tell them the truth

7. Support them in their dreams.

8. Give them the quality time that they need.