As talented as Gilbert is he is going to feel like he has to do it by himself, and we have to ease that pressure off of him. And you don't want us to become that type of basketball team. |
He tried to go through me with the elbow and I was there to take the charge and the referee gave me a favorable call. I might have got in his head a little bit, but I don't know what he was thinking about going after the referee. That seemed a little foolish, but at the end of the day I was just out there competing. I wasn't really trying to get in his head. |
I don't know why I'm not starting. I'm not going to sit here and lie to you, I'm not really happy about it. But if (Jordan) feels it helps the team, so be it. |
I don't think anyone has quit. But if you haven't noticed, this isn't the team that we had last year. And because of that we are trying to find our way. You can't just take away important pieces and try to get around that and we haven't recovered from the losses we had last season. |
I feel good about where I am, |
I feel real good, ... My body fat is down. My weight is in a good area. I'm not sure if it's the best shape of my career, but I'll take it. I feel good about where I am. |
I look at it like I have a long ways to go to catch the top guys, ... I want to stay hungry. I don't ever want to think that I reached or accomplished anything because I still have a long ways to go. There's the elite centers and then there's a second group. I'm in there right now so I have to keep working and climb my way to the top. |
I might have got in his head a little bit. |
I saw him miss a lot of easy shots. |
I think if he could look into a crystal ball and see the future, he'd probably realize he made a big mistake, because he could've made a name for himself and changed the way this whole league views him, just off this series alone. He has a great 15-foot jump shot and he's highly skilled. This could have been the series that changed his game around because, like it or not, he was going to play. |
I think we relieved but not satisfied. We know that just because we are in doesn't mean that we can go out and tank these last two games. We want to finish fifth. We want to finish strong and go into the playoffs on a good note. |
I wasn't late. I didn't cuss anybody out. It was just a coach's decision. It was just something that had to be done. If he's not saying anything about it, I'm not saying anything about it because it wasn't a negative thing. |
I worked hard this summer on my right-hand jump hooks, my left-hand jump hooks, turnaround [jumpers], I want to continue to develop a 15-foot jump shoot and make my free throws, ... If I can do those things, I'll be putting up 15 and 10. |
It's disappointing right now, ... but we did things that hadn't been done since the '80s. The Wizards were pretty much dead, and we brought in some life. |
Just because we made the playoffs doesn't mean the season is over. We have to come out strong and play well against Milwaukee. |