Boris Diaw
Boris Diaw
Boris Babacar Diaw-Riffiod, better known as Boris Diaw, is a French professional basketball player for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association. Diaw played in the French League before joining the NBA. He plays mostly at power forward. In 2006, Diaw was named the NBA's Most Improved Player as a member of the Phoenix Suns. He won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2014...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth16 April 1982
award basketball happy improving parts scares stop versatile work
I've been improving in a lot of different areas. That's why I'm happy to get this award right now because the only thing that scares me in basketball is to stop improving, stop getting better. I always want to get better. Because I'm a versatile player, I have to work on all parts of my game.
team unselfish
Right now we're the most unselfish team in the league. We have to keep doing that, it's our identity.
everybody gets player screens shoot trying work
Everybody's unselfish. We don't have just one player that we try to get the shots. Everybody screens for everybody, and everybody is trying to work for everybody and that way everybody gets to shoot the ball.
changed versatile
I don't think I changed a lot. I still play the same way, kind of a versatile player. I got better for sure, I get better every year, but I don't think I changed as a player.
against arena city coming definitely enjoy game good guys needed team win
I enjoy coming back to the city and back to the arena and play against the guys I know. I definitely wanted to win this game because we needed the win. I just wanted to play a good game and give my team what they needed to win.
course everybody game lose nobody playoffs tight trying wants
Of course there is more intensity. And the refs get a little tight too. It is the playoffs and nobody wants to lose a game and everybody is out there trying to win.
asking bit coaches trying
I feel very comfortable. I'm just trying to do what the coaches are asking me. I like to a little bit of everything on the court.
guys nice tried trying
When I was trying to adapt, he was one of the guys who tried to make me feel comfortable and was really nice to me.
court game passes philosophy teammates
The philosophy of the game, they way we play here in Phoenix, it's really unselfish. A lot of passes, a lot of shots, a lot of up and down. The game is faster, too. When I'm on the court I'm able to read better and make passes to my teammates because I know where they're going to be.
against chance offensive second shots tough tougher
It's tough to go in there against those guys. We've got to double-team, so that makes it tougher because that's where they got a lot of second chance shots off the offensive rebounds.
european
It's pretty much the way I've been used. I'm a kind of European player. You've got to use me the right way.
small
We're small. That hasn't changed. We've been small all year.
rest steve team tired win
We still want to win and see which team we've got to play (in the post-season). We got a little tired because we didn't play with Steve and Raja, and they usually play a lot. Sometimes we get to rest up because Steve is doing all the work.
guy next sitting
That's what we do. We make the guy sitting next to you better.