Coach called my play a couple times and the guards got me the ball in some spots where I could work. I just wanted to put the heat on him. |
Every position is up for grabs. It looks like we're going to play an up-down style with [first-round pick] T.J. Ford as the point guard -- which suits me great -- but other than that, who knows? |
For us, at times it got too close for comfort down the stretch. The one thing we need to continue to learn how to do is how to put teams away. We had a stretch during the season where we were doing that, consistently putting teams away. But recently we're letting guys hang around. That's something we can't do. |
I hope some of the new guys come back and get in the community, start learning their way around Milwaukee. The people here really appreciate it. |
I'm more excited for Wednesday, I'm going to be honest. I'm not looking forward to two-a-days. |
If they're going to make me a big part of the offense, it's fine with me. I feel like I'm ready for a breakout year. |
It does put us in the same bracket with the way Phoenix played last year. Phoenix could bring in a big power forward, or it could put Shawn Marion at power forward. It kind of makes us like that, and that makes us dangerous. If you put Bobby at power forward, there's not a power forward in the NBA that can guard Bobby Simmons. |
It seemed like everything they threw up went in, they had a lot of open looks, we just didn't contest them well at certain times. There were some that were contested, they knocked them down. When teams are shooting like that, its tough. |
It shows the character of this team. I think we're getting more confidence in ourselves. It shows we have grown as a basketball team. |
It's do or die for us. We've got to win these games. We can't afford to lose one on not getting a rebound or not running up and down the floor or not helping our teammates. I thought we did all those things. |
Our guys coming back from last year, they understand what the situation was like. They're ready to move on. This is the opportunity for us to do that, and I think we're going to take advantage of it. |
The main thing we didn't want was to let those guys settle into isolation situations. |
These crowds are going to be like college basketball crowds. It's unlike anything else you'll see at an NBA game. |
They went to a zone and we couldn't knock shots down. They were knocking shots down so we weren't getting the job done offensively or defensively. We've been playing better basketball all year. We couldn't even get transition baskets which is something we always do. |
This was a great opportunity for us to build some confidence. Obviously, Tracy wasn't out there and he's a big part of their team. But this is the NBA and they still had a lot of good players out there. |