DeShawn Stevenson
DeShawn Stevenson
DeShawn Stevensonis an American former professional basketball player who last played for the Atlanta Hawks of the National Basketball Association. Before his NBA career, he originally committed to play at the University of Kansas, but decided to enter the NBA directly from Washington Union High School in his hometown of Fresno, California and was picked by the Utah Jazz with the 23rd selection of the 2000 NBA draft. He is well known for his defense and his athleticism...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth3 April 1981
CityFresno, CA
We weren't taking care of the ball. When we don't take care of the ball, we make it hard for ourselves.
You can look at it on film, but I'm not going to speak on it. We played hard. We played real hard.
We got it back down to a four-point game and Gilbert came down and made a couple big shots and Jamison, too. We started off slow and dug ourselves a hole, and when we got back, they put the pressure back on and went back up by 10 points. ... In the third we were making shots and they were making shots. It came down to who was going to stop the other first.
It's tough losing Steve. Steve's a good guy.
Everybody is happy with each other, everybody is passing the ball, there's a lot of good vibes and it shows on the court.
Everybody is going to the hole, trying to create stuff. Once we get it in Grant or Steve's hands, they pretty much open the floor and Dwight's down there doing what he's supposed to do on the boards. You can't ask for more.
Everybody out there is playing hard and playing like a game. When you do that, sometimes you can get hurt.
Everybody's playing together. When we play together, everybody gets shots -- everybody. And we're knocking them down and feeling comfortable. We've just got to keep playing like we've been playing. It's exciting and fun to watch.
Everybody's happy, we're passing the ball to each other and there are a lot of good vibes right now. It's sad because we could have done this at the beginning of the season.
It's kind of sad because we could have done this at the start of the season. Right now everybody's playing as a team and working hard. We've got some firepower from the people who start and the people coming off the bench.
It's hard to read A.I.. He has a lot of moves and can dribble the ball and shoot the ball from behind the (3-point) arc. But I think we did a good job tonight. He had 36, but we did a good job.
It was a tough loss. We came out and tried to play hard and gave it up in the fourth quarter. They did a good job of stopping our last couple of plays. It was back and forth, but they ... played all the way through.
There are a lot of games left. With the NBA, you never know.
We've got next year to look forward to. We've got a good ball club, and we've seen the whole demeanor of things change.