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QUOTABLE II: "They said I was breathing at 75 percent. I'm feeling a lot better. I feel like I can stay out there longer. I've just got to keep taking my medicine."
-- McGee, who recently had a change in medication for his asthma problems.

Interview with Tyson Chandler:

When I watch JaVale McGee, he reminds me of young you. So long and jumping so high. When I see him jump so often, I can't help but think: Save a little of that, JaVale! Do you see that?

When you're young, they say you're young and you're dumb. You can't gain that knowledge except for just playing. There are some Dwight Howards who come in and blossom early and are able to dominate. Then you have guys like myself, and Andrew Bynum, and I think the same thing about JaVale McGee. It's going to take him a while before he truly gets it. But his athletic ability and his just physical capability ... he should be able to change a game. And I definitely think he will.

It's just time and understanding and placing, coaching, guys working with him, before he dominates out there. He has something that you can't teach.

I was able to catch up with JaVale McGee after Team USA practice at the New York Knicks practice facility in Tarrytown, N.Y., on Friday afternoon and he confirmed that he discovered late last season that he has asthma.

McGee said that it was comforting to discover that asthma had been holding him back for so long. Since he began treating the condition, McGee said he has more energy and can be more effective for longer stretches. He mentioned a home game against Charlotte last March, when he had 14 points and 12 rebounds in a career-high 46 minutes "and I didn't go to my knees once and it amazed myself."

"After Durant, I think the star of the 10 minutes was McGee. The last-minute addition to the roster was active. He had a block, a couple of interior shot-contests and a few strong rebounds, two of them offensive and one of those a huge put-back dunk off a Durant miss. McGee did go 0-for-2 from the line though."

"It's up to JaVale, how bad JaVale wants it. JaVale has got to be more of a student of this game," said Cassell, Washington's head coach in summer league action. "Once he understands what it takes to be successful, he'll be fine. It's all up to him. It ain't up to (head coach) Flip (Saunders), it ain't up to (GM) Ernie (Grunfeld), it's up to JaVale."