Hi Everybody, thanks for sending in all your questions and kind words.  I'd love to be able to answer all of you...below are the answers to as many as I could get to.  Thanks for supporting the team...see you at The Q soon.

Question: Hey Delonte, I play guard for my school's girls basketball team and the boys always laugh at us because they score more points than we do. So, have you ever been beaten by a girl in a 1-on-1 game?

First Name: Myntah
City: Boston
State: MA

Answer: No, I never have. But I’m also sure that there are some very capable females who could beat me one-one-one.
The biggest difference is just the strength issue. But as far as skill goes, women have the same skills that men have. And as the years go by, females are developing more and more athletically. You’re seeing more and more females dunk the basketball. So because you can’t beat me, don’t let that deter you from being the best you can be.

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Question: How do you decide the “real” from the “fake” with all the people you have around you?!?!

First Name: Tanisha
City: Atlanta
State: GA

Answer: Consistency. I’m not trying to judge anybody, but if someone betrays who they are, time will tell. Between the trials and tribulations, it’s the consistency of people that tells you who’s real and who isn’t.
Sometimes you’re up, sometimes you’re down. As long as you stay the same, it’ll come back around.

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Question: What was your dream car growing up? And what kind of car do you have now? My dream car is still a Shelby GT.

First Name: Ryan
City: Parma
State: Ohio

Answer: My dream car growing up was a ’96 Impala SS – black on black. (I got one on the way now.)

Right now, I have a bunch of old school rides. I have a ’71 orange Chevelle – call it “Tropicana Orange Juice” It’s got flames on the side with 496 engine in it. I got a ’69 Impala – bowling ball black with white and black interior. And I got a ’63 Cadillac Coupe Deville – cherry red with gansta whitewalls and a cherry red interior with a diamond in the back and a sun-roof top. It’s nice.

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Question: Hey Delonte, who would you consider your best friend in the NBA?

First Name: Matt
City: Columbia station
State: Ohio

Answer: Well, I have a lot of friends. The NBA is like a fraternity – once you’re in, everybody kind of knows everybody. Of course, when you’re on the floor, there’s never any friends outside your teammates. But the way this league is – guys getting bounced around – you’ve played with guys or you know each other from college. But everyone kind of knows everyone.

But as far as best friends go, my best friends are my brother and my little sister. And my mom and dad. And my other little brother. My family are my best friends.

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Question: It seems like there's a lot of chirping going on during every NBA game. My question is, in the entire NBA, who are two or three of the biggest trash talkers on the court?

First Name: Paul
City: Rochester
State: New York

Answer: I would say Kevin Garnett. It used to be Gary Payton. I played one year in Boston with Gary Payton and he can chirp. So, top three would be KG, Gary Payton and Sam Cassell. Sometimes it’s just fun; sometimes it’s not so nice. It depends on the situation. Either way, those guys are always chirping.

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Question: Dr. Redbush: I'm going to Europe in a couple weeks with my cousins and I wanted to see if you had any suggestions on how to attract some fine foreign ladies. I can't dance and I'm broke. Please give me your expert advice on this difficult issue.

First Name: Pat
City: University Heights
State: OH

Answer: Well, it’s never been the money. The money don’t matter. The money don’t make you. You can have all the money in the world, but if you’re lame, you’ll just be lame with money.

As far as the dancing goes – you’re going to have to work on that, brother. Females watch you dance and, subconsciously, they’re thinking about the way you move a little later on that night. So you’ve got to learn the two-step. Learn the two-step and stick with it. You can change it up for every song. You can speed it up or slow it down, but stick with the same two-step. That’s something that translates in any country.

And if you’re broke, one more thing – besides working on your two-step, which is important – you got to work on your game and your “mouthpiece.” If your mouthpiece is strong, she’ll give you some money.

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Question: Hey Delonte, who's your favorite superhero?

First Name: Asim
City: Chicago
State: IL

Answer: Let’s see … Who’s cold-blooded? I’m not a Superman guy. I’m not a Batman guy, but I like the Joker. (Is he a superhero?) The Joker’s always been cold. I like when Jack Nicholson did the Joker – he had that certain flair to him. The Joker – man, you can never go wrong with the Joker.

But if you need a true superhero, I’d say Wolverine from the X-Men. He’s a superhero, but he did his own thing. He never wanted to be with the in-crowd, even though the X-Men wanted him to be with the in-crowd.
 
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Question: For as funny as you are, D-West, whose humor do you look to for a laugh?

First Name: Ian
City: Amherst
State: OH

Answer: I’m a big stand-up fan, so I always watch Cat Williams when he comes on. Mike Epps is great. And I can always go back to my throwbacks. When all else fails, I can throw on either some Martin or some early Eddie Murphy stand-up. (And any movie those guys are in; you can’t lose with those.) Oh, and I almost forget Dave Chapelle. I’ll watch any of those guys doing anything. Mike Epps, Cat Williams, Martin, Dave Chapelle or Eddie Murphy.

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Question: What is the sport you hate the most?

First Name: Nathanial
City: Cleveland
State: Ohio

Answer: I don’t hate anything. It’s not for me to judge because somebody else might love it. Somebody out there might hate basketball, and I have a deep passion for it. And others have deep passions about what they do. So I don’t knock anything people want to do.

 

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Question: Hi Delonte! Are you into video games? I love the Resident Evil and Street Fighter games. What are your favorites?

First Name: Adanna
City: Atlanta
State: Georgia

Answer: I don’t play sports games. I play “Halo” on X-Box. And I play "Mortal Combat” on PS3. And I play “Guitar Hero.” (I play guitar and drums.)

I’m a very competitive person, so as far as sports games … no one needs me to be throwing the remote control at the TV or yanking their game system out the wall. I prefer the fighting games, the action games where you don’t have to think too much. I play “Vice City” and, what’s that game where they just go around vandalizing stuff? “Grand Theft Auto” – I play that, too.

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Question: Hi Delonte, I was wondering, who has the best dance moves on the team? You seem like you would be a real good dancer!

First Name: Shawna
City: Westlake
State: Ohio

Answer: I am a good dancer. I stay with my two-step for any type of hip-hop songs. I grew up watching Hand Dancing – watching my mother and my uncles do some Hand Dancing. I learned it as a youngster – how to spin the young ladies. It always surprises the ladies when I grip them up and spin them on the floor.

But as far as modern dances, you are not going to catch me doing the Stinky Leg. I ain’t doing no Stinky Leg.

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Question: Delonte, the Cleveland Browns' Josh Cribbs has his on television show on FSN Ohio. I think you having your own TV show would be awesome and way more entertaining. Have you ever thought about it?

First Name: Nick
City: Wadsworth
State: Ohio

Answer: I have thought about it. I just don’t know the procedure or the steps to go about doing it. But that’s something I’m definitely interested in. Just a camera following me around and the people I interact with on a day-to-day basis. I’m really a combination of all them.

It might be cool to show me with my family. I’m the least funniest person in my family. When I go home, I just sit on the couch and don’t talk. I’m the quiet one in my family. My mom’s funnier, my brother’s funnier and so are my uncles. Every day, it’s Comedy Hour around the house.

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Question: Delonte, I am a teacher of boys with behavioral issues. I see them get very frustrated when they are unable to do things they want or if they are not good at something. What do you do to keep yourself positive?

First Name: Teresa
City: Akron
State: Ohio

Answer: I don’t get rattled because I practice my exercises to control my temper. I’m very familiar with what you’re saying because I was the same type of student. Being bipolar and having anger issues growing up, I’m very familiar with what you’re talking about.

You have to counsel your mind and basically, you have to grow up. Anger is always an easy emotion for a young man to revert back to if things aren’t going their way. Anger’s easy to understand. You have happiness – which you understand. And you have sadness and anger. A baby only understands how to cry when he’s hurt or upset – that’s the only expression he has.

You should encourage them to work on their other emotions. Don’t be afraid to be an emotional being. You have more than just happiness, sadness and anger. You have understanding and other emotions to work off of.

Expand who you are, and you’ll grow as a person. Challenge yourself to work out difficult situations in other ways, make anger your last resort – and you’ll be cool.