ni hao from china, everyone. so heres a quick update to let everyone know we appreciate their support and know you're all pulling for us. we've got our next game against greece tomorrow night, which is early in the morning thursday back home. right now, we're focused on one thing, and that's bringing home the gold.

before i log off, i wanted to answer a few questions that you guys wrote in over the past couple of weeks. forgive me because i didn't keep track of who sent them in, but you know who you are! this is your olympic moment.

"What types of things do you do to improve and get better as a basketball player?"

it's really just about practice and hard work. i just work on my game every day. i get in the weight room and lift. before i even get on the court i do an hour of training and conditioning. then i get on the court and i do a lot of shooting and drills. i just continue to get better and work on some of the weaknesses that i may have.

"When did you first realize that you were good?"

lol. that's a funny one. i think it first hit me that i was pretty good when i was in 8th grade playing what we call aau basketball. you go all over the united states to play basketball, and i started seeing myself dominating some of the tournaments we were playing in, so it was probably then.

"When did you think that playing in the NBA was something you could possibly do as your career?"

well, not in 8th grade, that's for sure. i still had to go to high school. i had to get to that point. high school was a different experience, a different monster for me, so not until high school, around the tenth grade when i realized i started dominating and dominating. that's when i thought i could make a career out of it.

that's it from me. time to catch some sleep, get ready for greece and get some revenge for the loss against them in the world championships back in 2006. this is our time.