Arron Afflalo
Arron Afflalo
Arron Agustin Afflalois an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association. He played college basketball for UCLA. As a junior, he was named a consensus NCAA Men's Basketball All-Americans and was voted the player of the year in the Pac-12 Conference. After electing to forgo his senior year in college, Afflalo was selected in the first round of the 2007 NBA draft by the Detroit Pistons with the 27th overall pick...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth15 October 1985
CityLos Angeles, CA
At home, you're sort of expected to win. On the road, no matter who you play, the home team can win. We know that, and it helps us get ready, I think.
Defensively, he's just long. You know, he has the ability to change shots if he's not blocking them. He plays with a lot of energy.
Defense wins championships. He (Howland) always uses other teams as examples in every other sport to show that the top defensive team in that sport generally is the winner.
I wanted to congratulate him on a good year, but I didn't want to do anything dramatic, like hug him for an hour.
Right now, we're on a mission. There's nothing individual about myself or Jordan or anyone else on this team.
Right now we're co-Pac-10 champs. We're definitely not satisfied with that. We'll enjoy this bus ride and enjoy tonight, but after that, it's business as usual. ... Being co-champs was not one of our goals. It was being Pac-10 champs.
You're down like that, and time is not on your side.
The shot clock went down and I have no problem taking that shot.
My job is to stop the opposing team's best guard, just limit him as much as possible.
Personally, I really don't try to look back on games too much. That's the worst thing to do, to get caught up in the way things went last game. I mean, for one, you can't look back on it and learn from that experience.
I was running around celebrating with the rest of my team. But I saw him laying there in tears a little bit. I just felt for him. He's a great player. There's really no reason for him - outside the fact that he's a competitor and wanted to win - that he has to cry. He's a great player and he's going to have a great (NBA) career. He should definitely keep his head up.
I felt for him. He has no reason to cry. He's a great player who played a great game.
Obviously it was desperation time, down nine with three minutes to go. You've got to bring it all out.
Obviously, it was desperation time, being down nine with three minutes to go. But three minutes is a long time with only a nine-point lead.