Cedric Simmons
Cedric Simmons
Cedric "Ced" Tremaine Simmonsis an American professional basketball player who last played for Maccabi Tel Aviv of the Israeli Premier League. He was born in the United States, but also holds Bulgarian citizenship, and has played for the senior men's Bulgarian national basketball team. A 6'9" tall power forward-center, Simmons was selected by the New Orleans Hornets, in the first roundof the 2006 NBA Draft...
confused everybody finish games learn
We were kind of confused on what to do. Everybody wasn't on the same page. We've just got to learn how to finish games better.
carolina confidence happened learn learned
We've got to learn how to finish. It was kind of the same thing that happened at the Carolina game. But I got some confidence and I learned that I can play with the best.
game style
It's not a game plan, it's our style of defense.
action driving good low offense post ran
We were driving to the basket, had some good low post action and we ran our offense very well.
sit
It was very frustrating. I feel like I could have made a difference, but I had to sit out.
anytime deep gets guy guys post scores tried
Anytime a guy scores 41 points, it gets your attention. We wanted to put different guys on him, and we tried to get him from getting deep post catches, and tried to play on his right hand.
best confidence hang practice work
I got some confidence that I can play with the best. I can hang with the best in the country, but I still have some things to learn. I still have to get stronger. But I can go into practice with something to work on.
drum michael
I told him it didn't matter. I had Michael Drum on me.
beginning couple hard momentum needed stops transition
They really jumped on us hard at the beginning. We didn't get the stops when we needed them. They had a couple of transition baskets that kind of killed the whole momentum (after our comeback).
beat high looked ncaa ranked tournament
I looked at it as a statement. They were ranked pretty high and they beat Maryland. I look at it like an NCAA tournament win.
anybody beat heard oh
I heard that roar. What? They got beat by Miami, right? Oh man. I told you anybody can get beat by anybody.
best both came ends game games good lead team though trying
I had a good game, but I was trying to lead my team to a victory. Even though we came up short, I had one of my best games on both ends of the floor.
goes heard heart hope
He showed a lot of heart just to come out and play. After the game, I kind of said I hope everything goes well. I don't think he heard me. I don't know.
both effort ends execute five hurry lack last minutes seem
We just have to execute in the last five minutes like we have done all game. It's not from a lack of effort on anyone's part, but we just seem to get in a hurry on both ends of the court.