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
This stops the bleeding. Things were starting to get negative around the locker room, players were getting on each other. But we get a win like this, it relaxes us. Now, we've just got to come out and play and get the next one.
We're not talking about the playoffs. We're talking about each game. We go into every game worried about the team we're playing.
They're a good team. They've been playing with each other a long time and winning championships. And in the third quarter, you could see it out there.
So we've got to go out there and play every game like it's a playoff game and play together like we're doing. We're doing a good job.
Once you get one - and when you're told you can't get them growing up - it just makes you want them even more. Once you get one, they're pretty much addictive from that point.
Coach chewed us out because we weren't playing hard and we were lackadaisical in the first half. He fired us up and we finally started attacking the basket.
He's a special kid. To go out there and have 28 points and 26 rebounds is special. Now all he has to do is work on his free throws. But with Dwight, the sky's the limit.
We lost these kinds of games last season. If you're looking ahead, you sleep on teams.
Other teams have started to feel like they're at home when they play in Orlando. We've got to start being more physical and let these guys know that this is our place.
Steve Francis wasn't playing like the Steve Francis we all know. I think he'll show the real Steve in New York.
Steve did an awesome job off the bench. He didn't complain about it. When you've got a superstar like that who comes out and plays hard after being suspended, that says a lot for his character.
That's Coach Sloan; he'll tell you what he thinks.
I heard coach ask for a new clipboard. You got to love that. He wants to win badly and so do we.
I don't know if it was the trade, but we were more focused. Everybody went out there and played together as a team.