Today, we move on to one of the Cavaliers top sixth men -- Donyell Marshall ...

I’m the oldest sibling ... on both sides -- from by dad’s kids and my mom’s.

We had tough times ... growing up, but I don’t think it was that bad. My mom did her best to make sure we had everything. We had the video games and cable TV. We struggled but we had things.

When I got to 9th grade ... I was able to start working. And I was able to make deals with my mom where I would save money for school clothes or my brother’s sneakers. It helped me learn how to save money today.

I had five uncles ... that really helped take care of us. We always had someone around. My dad was in the Navy, so I didn’t see him that much. But I always had a father figure around because I always had my uncle or my grandfather. My grandfather used to run a club called the Fisherman’s Club, where they would take trips to all kinds of events. So I was able to go to Sixers games and baseball games.

When I look back on it ... I had a lot of fun growing up. There were struggles, but I had fun. There was never a time where I didn’t have heat or anything like that.

I was a football player ... before I was a basketball player. I was actually a quarterback. I played football and basketball faithfully up until ninth grade. Between 9th grade and 11th grade – I grew eight inches. And I wasn’t trying to be a 6-8 quarterback, especially since I was 6-8 and 185 pounds! I didn’t want to play receiver so I went right to basketball. (Now you know why I’m so into football.)

When I sit back and think about it ... I would have kept playing football. That's one thing I kind of regret.

I went to Reading High School ... in Pennsylvania. Our rivalry school was Wilson High School. That’s where Kerry Collins went. (Michigan quarterback) Chad Henne went there, as well. I played against Collins in basketball -- he was all right.

Where I lived at ... if you wanted to make it in football, you played at Wilson. If you wanted to make it in basketball, you went to Reading.

In my junior season ... Collins' school and our school got in a bench-clearing brawl. I went across the lane and one of their players punched me in the stomach. And one of the guys on our team went ballistic. It was funny because then they had to come play us at home. Their team name was the Bulldogs and our school was throwing dog biscuits at them. We beat them 100-35 in that second game.

I’m still trying to figure out ... how I picked UConn. My uncle said UConn was a great school and I really never knew anything about it. He’s like, 'I’m telling you, UConn’s going to be big in a couple years.' Other schools recruited me, but UConn kind of got lucky.

The All-American game was in Springfield, Massachusetts that year, and I drove to the game. Some UConn people told me to stop back on campus on my way back home, and that's where Coach Calhoun talked me into it.