Chucky Atkins
Chucky Atkins
Kenneth Lavon "Chucky" Atkinsis an American former professional basketball player who played for 9 different NBA teams throughout his career...
added addition available eager fills great happy leader point veteran
Chucky is a veteran point guard, and he fills our need for an added leader in the backcourt. He will be a great addition to our team, and we are happy he was available and eager to come to Memphis.
basketball games good team time
This team has a lot of good basketball in it. We're what, 20 games into the season? We still have time to get things going in the right direction.
rebound turning
We were one rebound away from winning, for really turning it into a series.
gotta guy hit next stronger wants willing
You gotta be a guy that really wants it. You gotta be a guy that's willing to take constructive criticism. You gotta be a guy that's resilient. A lot of things aren't going to go the way you want them to go in this league, so you gotta take that hit and be even stronger the next time.
ball everybody game great guys moved played player shots step sure team tonight top total
When you are without a great player like Gilbert Arenas, the other guys have to step up and play at the top of their games. Tonight was a total team effort. We got a lot of energy, we played great defense, we moved the ball and we made sure that everybody got shots in. When we do that, it makes the game a lot of fun.
good practice tonight
Tonight was a good practice for us for the playoffs.
defense few games job keeping key last
We've been doing a better job these last few games of keeping our defense up the whole game. That's the key for us.
games great guys individual last page sure talent wins
But great individual talent isn't what wins games in the NBA. The guys have to all be on the same page to win. I'm not sure they had that last season.
learn
Now we have to learn how to win.
fortitude gets kept playoff step team test
It got close. They kept fighting. That's the kind of test we need going into the playoffs. When we're (in a playoff game) and a team comes back and gets hot, we need to know who has the fortitude to step up and answer.
basket create guys point role run shots team three whatever
My role is come off the bench, run the team and do whatever I have to do to keep us flowing, ... With Gilbert, myself and Antonio, we pretty much have three guys who can run the point but all of us can also can penetrate and get to the basket or create shots for our teammates.
contract demand deserve peculiar saying situation trade
I ain't saying I should be starting, but I think I deserve some minutes. That's all I'm saying. It's not a situation where I'm saying I demand to be traded. I'm in a peculiar situation myself. I'm in a contract season. They made a trade for me, and I want to play, I want to compete, that's all.
city court excited fans great product training wait
We've got great young talent. I can't wait to get to training camp. The city and the fans are going to be excited by the product we put on the court this year.
anytime defense feed open type
We feed off our defense. Anytime we can play that type of defense and get out in the open court, we can win.