Andray Blatche
Andray Blatche
Andray Maurice Blatcheis an American-Filipino professional basketball player for the Xinjiang Flying Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association. He played high school basketball at Henninger High School and South Kent School before he was drafted in the second round of the 2005 NBA draft by the Washington Wizards...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth22 August 1986
CitySyracuse, NY
anxious court expect full hard help teammates timetable
We have no timetable for my return, but I'm working hard and expect to make a full recovery. I am very anxious to get back on the court and help my teammates any way I can.
totally
Right now, I'm totally back, because I can do everything.
against bigger competition learn
It's interesting to come out and play against some bigger and better competition, ... I'm going to learn a lot from it and that's going to make me a better player.
backed camp court forward looking missing painful
It's going to be painful missing camp because I was looking forward to it, ... I was looking forward to being on the court for the first game, too, so a lot of those opportunities have been backed up. I'll get there though.
call laugh
They call me '50 Cent,' ... At least we can laugh about it a little, you know?
assuming christmas
They were assuming Christmas. So I made a real big comeback.
certainly happened learned
It is unfortunate that it happened and I have certainly learned from this situation.
game great helping
That's what me being here was about, to get in game shape. This is really helping me out for my conditioning. Everything down here's been great for me.
finished found god lucky reason
They found it in the car, ... I was real lucky and real blessed. I feel like God got me for a reason and a purpose, that there's something I haven't finished yet.
next whenever
It could be next week, next month, whenever I get better.
awhile figured happened saw
It happened so quick. I didn't have that many thoughts. When I first saw that I got shot, I thought I was going to die, but then after awhile I figured I was all right, so everything was pretty cool.
came direction excuse hotel side sure
Excuse me, do you know where this hotel is? ... I think I came in on the other side but I'm not really sure what direction I came from.
convinced enter fell people second teams
I had a lot of teams and other people tell me that I was going to be a first rounder and that convinced me to enter the draft, ... When I fell into the second round, I was surprised. It was frustrating but there's nothing I can do about it now. I'm here and I'm going to make the most of it.
chance excited
I didn't know, ... I'm real excited because I didn't get a chance to play during the preseason. I don't even know what to say.