Chucky Atkins
Chucky Atkins
Kenneth Lavon "Chucky" Atkinsis an American former professional basketball player who played for 9 different NBA teams throughout his career...
creates energy gave gets great locking open quarter quick second sync team unit
The second quarter was the difference. Our second unit gave us great energy to open the second quarter. When this team gets in sync quick and we're locking down on defense, it creates a lot more opportunities on the other end for us.
shoot themselves wizards
The Wizards can shoot themselves in a game, and they can shoot themselves out of a game. At least that's the way it was when I was there.
dangerous heat jump knew playing teams
Teams (like Minnesota) that aren't playing for anything are always dangerous because they play loose. You always want to jump on teams like that and not give them a chance. We knew we had to put the heat on them quick.
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.
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.
rebound turning
We were one rebound away from winning, for really turning it into a series.
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.
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.
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.
dallas greater harder played seems smarter
Dallas played smarter than us. They played harder than us. It seems their will was greater than ours. Everything snowballed from there.
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.
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.