20 ordspråk av Roosevelt Barnes
Roosevelt Barnes
Derrick was actually in there [Wednesday], talking to [General Manager] Bruce [Allen]. I've talked with Bruce, too. We haven't discussed any specific numbers, but we've made it clear that we're willing to move some money around to help them.
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He has quite a few dunks. He's got the best ups on the team. It's because he works so hard in the weight room.
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He's a tough, hard-working young man and can jump really well.
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It was a pretty good effort. We didn't take care of the basketball, had too many turnovers and didn't do some things we needed to do on defense. We just need to play smarter, more fundamental ball.
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Once you get into the league it?s all about performance. But when you?re a rookie, how you do in the combine and your individual workout can affect your draft status quite a bit.
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That's what you like to see.
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The ball is in the Eagles' court.
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There's a sense of urgency any time you play in the state tournament. It's one loss and you go home.
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They've been practicing with us some of the time, but I just brought them up (from the JV team) this week.
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Walter didn't say a word, not one word. I don't even know if he blinked.
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We competed. We battled. We didn't give up. The kids played extremely hard. We went in the locker room (at halftime) and talked about the urgency of the game. That was a great effort.
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We didn't shoot free throws well the whole game, we had too many turnovers and the rebounding could have been better. One of their kids got most of his stats off second shots.
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We finally had some fun.
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We played pretty sloppy. We threw the ball away a lot and didn't have the effort it takes to play a team of that caliber.
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We talked at halftime about defensive intensity, and we got it. We did a good job of locking them up.
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