Craig Smith
Craig Smith
Craig Smithis an American professional basketball player. He recently played for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. After playing at Boston College from 2002–2006, he was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2006 NBA draft...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth10 November 1983
CityInglewood, CA
coming felt good tried
I felt good coming out, and then it popped. I tried to go on, but I couldn't.
fell focus last past second tried
It's big. The last two years we fell off in the second round. This year, we really tried to focus on getting past this. Now that we're past this, we feel the sky's the limit.
easy finding hot jeff nice stop teammates tried
Jeff was really hot early. And that's the nice thing about having so many options, they tried to stop him and my teammates started finding me. I got a lot of easy baskets.
ball tried
I just tried to get the ball in the hole. It rimmed out. I tried to make a play, and it didn't happen.
boring couple feet naps rest stayed took watched
We just stayed off our feet and took a couple of naps here and there. And we watched film a little bit. It's very long and boring but you just have to rest up.
afraid course dreadful everybody official pulled talk terribly
The story was that in her recovery, she pulled out her back by favoring her foot. That was the official story. But of course she had had this dreadful breast cancer, and everybody was terribly afraid it had metastasized to her back, but she wouldn't talk to us about it.
ball floor pass plays score tempo transition
The tempo was right where we wanted it. We were able to pass the ball up the floor and score in transition and that plays to our strength.
calling cow herd mad
is like the mad cow calling the herd rabid.
chip everybody four playing prove
I've been playing all four years with a chip on my shoulder. I just want to prove everybody wrong.
common extremely result unusual
an extremely unusual result of a common process.
perfect
Another championship would be the perfect way to end this.
finish passed peak point reaching strong
Brittany had a real strong finish in which she passed some people. She's reaching the point where she could peak at state.
ankle confidence feels knowing run today
Brooke told me today that she feels fine. And just knowing she was able to run on her ankle is a confidence boost.
chance looked meet others
Brooke looked very good. It was the first meet and she and the others had a chance to get the butterflies out.