Sometimes I think about what it would be like if I played college ball. This time of year is special for basketball. All I think about is close games, buzzer-beaters and games that you remember. |
That's when the game turned. |
That's where things started wrong. Guys came in here worried about themselves instead of the team. And it never got better. Guys were worried about playing time because of their contract situation and never got into the team concept. You could see it in guys' faces. |
The ball was supposed to go to me or Ray, but things broke down and Luke had to take the best shot he could get. |
The first half was pretty good for us tonight. We were in the game, but in the second half they got out and ran on us and really broke the game open. |
The first team to start playing defense was going to win the ball game. I thought both teams did a bad job of playing defense. We had to start making some stops. |
The new guys haven't been with us long, but they're a part of the team just like everybody else. They don't know some of our history or anything like that, but maybe that's a good thing. |
The type of contract I'm looking for - I feel like this is my last really big deal - I don't know if they'll be willing to pay that. |
The way we're playing right now, we'll be fortunate to win another game. |
They're built to win a championship. That's probably the best starting five in the league, and Alonzo Mourning is your backup center? You can't make very many mistakes against a team like that. |
Things are lot different now. He's more of a disciplined, in-your-face type coach. It's something we needed. I feel like we were a little too relaxed around here. |
This is a very big win. Even though it's at the end of the season and we are on the outside looking in, we are still playing together and it shows you there is no quit in this team. I think we are building good chemistry heading toward next season. |
To be successful, you've got to have a guy like Chris, not only to win more games, but to get to the next level. |
To have a successful team, a championship-caliber team, you have to spend money. You can't keep young guys. We've been a young team ever since I've been on the Sonics. ... And hopefully if they do sell the team, then we'll have an owner that's going to be able to do that for us. |
Usually guys are counting the days down or planning out their vacation. With this team, if feels like we have 20 or 30 games left. We are playing like we are playing for something and that's the sign of a good basketball team. We're strictly business and the chemistry is coming along. It seems like we're headed in the right direction. |