Jonathan says he likes Indianapolis, but he still considers the small town of Picayune home. "I'm still here," says Jonathan. "I'm not going anywhere. After the season, I'll be right back to the normal routine."
But Jonathan doesn't want to have to deal with people from his hometown treating him differently because he is playing in the NBA now.
"People who see me everyday are treating me different, asking me for my autograph," he says. "I don't like that attention. I don't think the person changes. The people around him change. They start asking for autographs in the grocery stores. I want to walk the streets and ride my bike and go to the court and still shoot, stuff like that. I still want to be me, but they try to change you when you get to a higher level. They act like you're higher than them, but I don't think I'm higher than anybody else. When you grow up like I did with a great family and a close group of friends, it's easy to stay humble."
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