Chris Duhon
Chris Duhon
Chris Nicholas Duhonis an American former professional basketball player and current assistant coach for the Marshall Thundering Herd men's basketball team. Duhon was a point guard for the Duke Blue Devils men's basketball team from 2000 to 2004. He then played for the Chicago Bulls, New York Knicks, Orlando Magic and Los Angeles Lakers. Fellow basketball player Jarrett Jack is his cousin...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth31 August 1982
CityMamou, LA
It would be an honor, not only for me but also for the organization and a lot of people.
hitting percent shooting time
He's shooting like 70 percent every time we come here and hitting big shots.
allowed bodies compared contract floating houses mean people situation tough week
Compared to this, things like my new contract don't mean that much, ... There are bodies floating in the water. A lot of houses have been destroyed. When all of this is over in another week or so and people are allowed to go back home, what will they go back to? It's a tough situation to handle.
basketball coach grew guy influence life male taught type
Coach was the male influence in my life when I grew up, ... He taught me a lot about basketball and about life. That was the type of guy he was.
discourage focused plenty shot thinking time
I'm not thinking anything, I'm just concentrating on the shot. I had plenty of time to see the rim when I was going there. I didn't want him to discourage my shot in any way. If he's going to make a play, he's going to have to make a spectacular play. So I just focused on the shot and let it go.
defense guys hurting needs tidy
Their other guys are really hurting us right now. Our defense is not really where it needs to be. We have to tidy things up.
eight seven shots
In the first half, we had seven or eight shots go in and out.
beat definitely division good plays start team
It's definitely a good start to beat a team in our division that plays well at home.
close control games lost ourselves redeem slip
It's been frustrating. We've lost so many close games we should have won, games that we had control of and let slip away. So we have 14 games to kind of redeem ourselves and get into the playoffs.
good knows last sophomore team
That team my sophomore year, we thought we were too good. Last year, we didn't think we were good enough. This team knows it's good, but it's not overconfident.
feet gets happened help others people situation until
It's very unfortunate what has happened there, ... It's up to me and others to help those people get back on their feet until the situation gets better.
everybody harder last league past people plays record respect slow sneak surprised team
It's going to be harder than it was last year. We were able to sneak up on people last year, with our past record and our slow start. People were surprised with how we were able to play. I think this year, I think we have the respect from everybody in the league that we're going to be a team that plays hard every night. So, we're going to have to play harder.
raise trying
It's going really well. We're just trying to raise as much as possible.
game games playoff question year
It's a playoff game for us. It's probably one of the most important games of the year for us. If we can't find a way to muster it up, then we have to question our competitive spirits.