A lot of these guys have been in these type of situations before. We understand that we're not playing to our capabilities right now. We just have to all come out, loosen up, have fun and go out there and compete every night. |
Back-to-back games kill me, especially when they're hard-fought. So it was good to have a couple of days just to get rested a little bit. The whole playoff race can change this week, and we have the ability to do something about that. These next three games are very important for us. |
But they were there, ... Every time I drove they were there, waiting for me. |
Coach was the male influence in my life when I grew up, ... He taught me a lot about basketball and about life. That was the type of guy he was. |
Compared to this, things like my new contract don't mean that much, ... There are bodies floating in the water. A lot of houses have been destroyed. When all of this is over in another week or so and people are allowed to go back home, what will they go back to? It's a tough situation to handle. |
Every game is important for us. We have a big one tomorrow (against Boston) and we have the opportunity to play Philadelphia twice and gain two games on them. They're all big from here. We've got to treat each game as if its a playoff game. |
Everyone is expecting us to lose. It just relaxes us and gives us an opportunity to go and play our game. |
Everywhere you went was home there, ... It was a real close-knit area. Everybody treated you with a lot of respect. If anything happened, there were a bunch of moms to take care of you. |
For us to be .500 and not playing defense the way we need to play, mediocre is the right word. We should not accept being .500 right now. We expect more of ourselves and we should have a better record than we have. |
For whatever reason, a lot of guys are tentative when it comes to talking out on the court and helping one another. For us to be the defensive team that we need to be, and we're capable of becoming, it all starts with communication. That's our main thing. When we're out there, we need to constantly be talking to one another. |
He can basically freelance and we can play off of him because he makes great decisions. |
He just has a killer instinct. No matter who's guarding him and whatever team he's playing, he's going out there to prove to the world that he's the best player. |
He's shooting like 70 percent every time we come here and hitting big shots. |
I definitely think I'm a better player [than last season], but at the same time it's been a rougher ride. It's been frustrating at times. |
I don't know, we'll just have to wait and see. Obviously, it would be a help, it would give us another big body. But we're just not doing the little things right now. That's why we're losing games. So who's to say that bringing AD back is going to change all that. |