Daniel Gibson
Daniel Gibson
Daniel Hiram "Boobie" Gibson Sr. is an American former professional basketball player who played seven seasons in the National Basketball Associationfor the Cleveland Cavaliers. He was selected by the Cavaliers in the second round of the 2006 NBA draft...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth27 February 1986
CityHouston, TX
aggressive coach guards half production shots taking
Coach told us we can't go a half without getting any production from our guards. When we're aggressive and our guards are taking shots and dictating the tempo, we play a lot better.
anywhere basically coach gonna guards half penn switch
Coach basically said we're not gonna go anywhere if the guards play like they did during the first half of the Penn game. A little switch went on today.
coaches control drives good smart teammates
The coaches told me to go out there and be smart. I thought those drives were smart drives. I was under control and my teammates put me in a good position.
drawn either everybody everywhere funny game guy loves message sure text
Everybody is drawn to him everywhere he goes. Everybody loves the guy. I'm pretty sure either after the game or before, I'll get a funny text message from him. That's just the kind of guy he is.
coming confident thinking
I'm a confident player. Coming into every game, I'm thinking it will be my night.
deer played
I had never played in a dome. I was a little like a deer in the headlights.
lose
I'm the kind of player, if I'm 1 for 55, I always think 56 is going in. I never lose my confidence.
definitely focus next
It's definitely a possibility. But our focus is on our next game.
bounce great opportunity swallow tough
It's always tough to swallow when you lose. But it's always about how you bounce back. We still feel like we're a great team. We've still got the opportunity to go out and show some things.
bad figured hurry passes throw trap trying
They were trying to trap us, make us throw bad passes and hurry us up. We've figured out what we're going to do.
easier good job middle packing stopping
We weren't getting any movement. They do a good job packing the middle and stopping things inside. Once we got moving, it was a lot easier to get baskets.
drives easier great job middle packing stopping
We weren't getting a lot of movement. A lot of things were stagnated. They did a great job of packing the middle and stopping a lot of the drives inside. Once we got it moving, it was a lot easier for us to get baskets.
We weren't getting a lot of movement. A lot of things were stagnated.
tougher
We want an up-tempo game. When we go out and we're the aggressor, we're tougher to handle.