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John Hammond
On trading for Michael Beasley:
"“We had been in discussions with Houston about a week before we made the trade for Michael. We just looked it as an opportunity to add a player to our team who has talent, and the greatest talent is the ability to score the ball, and I don’t think any team can ever have too much of that. We’ve always sort of admired Michael’s game. If you watch him play, the game has always seemed to come fairly easy to him, especially on the offensive end.”"
On balancing the present and the future:
"“Our view is to always keep an eye on the future as well, the big picture at hand. From when the owners purchased the team, the message has been very clear and very singular. They want to build this to a championship caliber team and maintain that, not just get there. So there’s a big goal, there’s a big picture in mind. We want to be a playoff team this year but the goal is to get there and stay there.”"
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