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
We're definitely focused on Saturday. There was no dumping water or things of that nature. We're on a six-game mission, one game at a time.
We've lost three games at home this year. To make up for that, we have to win on the road. We know what this trip means.
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.
This is the second game in a row we came out turning the ball over. The pressure is probably what caused it. When you get in a game like this, you can't turn the ball over.
I saw him laying there in tears. I felt for him a little bit. He has no reason to cry. He should definitely keep his head up. That's easy to say when you won the game and your opponent lost. But I just really wanted to see him still in a good mood.
(Guarding Morrison) isn't something you ask for. It's a job, whether it's Adam Morrison or whoever the top player is on the opposing team. It's something we do night in and night out. I'm going to approach it like I approach every other game. My job is to limit him as much as possible. I've had my share of experiences throughout the year. It's just another game for me.
We just played with a lot of energy at the end. Obviously, it was desperation time. We were very fortunate tonight.
We just needed to execute. We were getting good shots. We were just missing them. What changed was on the defensive end.
The shot clock went down and I have no problem taking that shot.
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.
We have different personnel than the '95 team. We have tough, tough guys who are willing to do whatever it takes to win.
Being turnover-free and rebounding, those are coach's two main things. And he's definitely a defensive-minded coach.
I wanted to congratulate him on a good year, but I didn't want to do anything dramatic, like hug him for an hour.