I've got to admit I had butterflies in my stomach. I've never started before my home crowd. |
I've just been in limbo the whole week, just real confused. I felt it was kind of a waste of time to go down there. |
I've never been through so many ups and downs in one season. To go from starter to not playing. To go from traded to not traded and to play again, it's been crazy. It taught me to keep things in perspective and enjoy basketball. I come to the gym ready to play and good things happen. |
I've never played with a guy who has the same defensive mind-set as myself, which is to block shots, rebound and things like that. |
It felt good just playing, to instill some confidence back in my game, get some rhythm out on the court, get some repetitions. I'm glad I could help the team tonight and we pulled out a big win, for our confidence, and also for the rankings of the Eastern Conference. Now we move ahead of these guys. |
It was strange but that's the business, that's the nature of this sport. I'm happy here with my new home in Philadelphia. I plan on staying here for awhile. |
It's crunch time. Each and every game is like a playoff game. |
Maybe it will be a good thing. Maybe we just need to get out of here. It's all or nothing. We just have to get together and play better. |
Oh yeah, it's definitely easier. Yeah, man, it's definitely easier to know you're going to play. |
That's something I need to put more emphasis on, ... I know I block shots, but I have to get my rebounding up. Today I just stayed down there a little bit longer and made sure I cleared my man out, jumped for the ball and went after every rebound. I think that's why I was successful tonight. |
That's something I need to put more emphasis on. I know I block shots, but I have to get my rebounding up. Today I just stayed down there a little bit longer and made sure I cleared my man out, jumped for the ball and went after every rebound. I think that's why I was successful tonight. |
They?re great, ... They?re just like regular guys. Both of them are very humble and they both add a lot of experience to the team. They?re not like superstars that are selfish and don?t care about the rest of their teammates. They take the time out and really talk to the guys. They get along with everybody. |
This has been the weirdest of years. First I'm starting, then I'm not playing, then I'm traded, then I'm starting and then not playing. I've just had to keep it in perspective and not sweat the small stuff. I can't sweat the things I can't control. Whether I play one minute or 30 minutes, I'll be ready to play. |
We go the lead and kind of tightened up and they hit big shots down the stretch and we didn't. That's the kind of thing where you're missing your star player and he would've been able to bring this one home for us. |
We have a group of great guys, ... We don?t have any egos on this team. We don?t have any jerks on this team. We have a group of guys that makes it fun for everybody to come to work every day. |