Alexander Johnson
Alexander Johnson
Alexander Canterell Johnsonis an American professional basketball player. He plays the power forward position...
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We're better than that, and we've shown it.
anyway
We have to get it anyway we can get it.
ball looked played stay
I just played ball because I didn't want to think about that. I kind of let that stay in the past, never looked back at it.
care coach giving physical presence
I know I need to be out there giving a very physical presence inside. It hurts, especially being in Coach Ham's system. If you get two fouls, that's it. I don't care who you are.
maybe quiet start talking tired
I just feel it. I'm tired of losing. We're tired of losing. Being quiet isn't doing it. So, maybe I'll start talking and see what that does.
march playing quiet start talking
Being quiet hasn't done much, so let me start talking and see what that does. Why not go all out and go all you can and try to get (to the post-season) like all those other teams. We want to be playing in March and April, too.
leave
If you don't win, you're going home. You have to leave it all out on the court.
advantage block continues defend good guy hope knew shoot talented time took waited work
He's probably the most talented guy we have on the team. He can run, block shots, defend and he can shoot the ball. I just hope he doesn't get discouraged and continues to work hard. That's the same thing that Al did. He knew he was good but waited his time. And when his time came, he took advantage of it.
We panicked; something we hadn't been doing lately. We just panicked, man, down the stretch.
fall immature thinking third win
We're just an immature team. We win two and then we always fall down on the third one. We'll be thinking that we're satisfied.
freshman hard league seniors shows successful whether
You have seniors that aren't doing anything pretty much in the league and (around) D-I basketball. That just shows you how hard he works. If you put in the work, you're going to be successful whether you're a freshman or a sophomore.
block missed misses rolls shooting shot side
When he misses, he always misses on the side or it rolls around and comes off on that side. I'm thinking, 'Ralph's shooting this, so I'm going to get on that block this time.' Usually I go back down the court. And he shot it and missed and it went right on that side.
guys letting next ready wants
He's going to make a lot of guys better. He's working hard, and that's just letting me know that he's going to be ready to play next year. He wants to win.
behind best playing reached stayed worked
Playing behind Kobe, he's not going to get too much playing time. But the most important thing is he reached his goal. He wanted to get there, and he got there. If he would have stayed another year, it probably would have worked anyway. But I still feel it worked out the best for him.