(My teammates) were making fun of me, saying I took the night off, I was fouling on purpose. But the outcome is we won the game, a lot of the guys played well, and this will bring a lot of confidence for other guys. |
After the first quarter, we look up at the score and we hear the fans getting on us, that's when we come to play harder. But we have to play like that in the first quarter. |
Bryan told me one of the reasons he came here was because we had a promising young nucleus, he's just really excited about working with us. We can't go anywhere but up. |
Close game, lost another. It's the same thing. You're not used to it. It's just, you get so close and the outcome stays the same. We just have to overcome a couple of things at the end of the game. |
Coach ( Sam Mitchell ) told us at the half that they (Charlotte) seem to want the game more than us, and we came out in the second half with more intensity. |
Every team goes through changes. It's up to us as players to put that aside and just play. It's hard to see positives getting beat by 20, plain and simple. |
He started taking all the shots and we stood looking at him like we didn't know what to do. We have to know who we're playing. That's unacceptable. |
He's a Raptor now, no matter what happened in the past, he's a Raptor now. He's here to help us win and I don't think people should forget that. |
He's a successful GM. He has a good rep. You can see his work right now. It's real good to know, just to have somebody come in who has pretty good credentials. |
He's a threat, he can play. His success has helped us as a team. He's been getting in the paint, he's been getting guys a lot of wide-open shots and he's been getting easy buckets. He can shoot the three and he doesn't take many bad shots, so when you have a point guard who can do all those things and create on the offensive side you can do a lot of things. |
Honestly, it's bothersome. But we have a game (tonight) and a chance to prove to ourselves that we can play harder. |
Hopefully, this is the last year I won't be busy at this time of year. |
I always keep my ear to the street and my eyes on the television. |
I don't understand it. I guess it comes with experience. |
I enjoyed playing with everybody, no one particular person. Everybody shot the ball. The second half we stepped our defense up and we just went out there and played the right way. |