Earl Boykins
Earl Boykins
Earl Boykins is an American former basketball player who played for twelve teams in fourteen professional seasons. Standing at 5 feet, 5 inches in height, he is the second shortest player in NBA history behind Muggsy Bogues, who was 5 feet, 3 inches tall. Despite his size, he is reportedly able to bench press 315 pounds. He is currently the head coach for the Douglas County High School varsity basketball team...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth2 June 1976
CityCleveland, OH
easier guys overload rest teams tend
When he's out there and he's passive, teams tend to overload on everyone else. When he's aggressive, it makes it a lot easier for the rest of the guys on the team.
bad half hard played points win
When you give up 69 points in the first half it's hard to win anything. We played bad basketball.
effort quarter third
When you lose, it's disappointing. The effort we put out in the third quarter was horrible.
great shoot tonight victory
Tonight we showed that you don't have to shoot great to still get the victory. As long as you do all the other things on the court, you can be OK.
goes life shooting
Basically, you're shooting (to return) for the playoffs. It's disappointing, but life goes on. I'll be all right.
stay whenever
Whenever you lose, you're concerned. But we've got to stay confident.
days harder longer work
There are no days off for me. I have to work longer and harder than everyone else to be successful.
coming feels player training
It feels great. I feel like I'm coming into training camp. I feel like I'm the freshest player going into the playoffs, so I'm going to use it to my advantage.
gaining improving strength
I'm improving every day, gaining more strength in my hand, more flexibility.
great last minutes shoot
I think sometimes percentages can be misleading. All year, in the last 2 minutes of a game, we shoot great from the three-point line. It's just the first 46 we're not that good.
basketball five game knocking matter rust touching weeks worried
I think every game the more I'm out there the more comfortable I feel. It's just a matter of knocking the rust off. I went five weeks without touching a basketball at all, and it's just a matter of time. But I think it's going to come around. I'm not worried about it.
forward friend good man worry
He's a good friend of mine. I look forward to him being on our team. . . . I can't worry about what another man does off the court.
air coach coaching force good happened job work
He's done an unbelievable job at Air Force. He was a good coach when we had him. Some unfortunate things happened and it didn't work out. It wasn't because of his coaching ability.
absolutely hit key reason shots won
He was unbelievable tonight. He hit big shots for them, and he was the key reason they won the game. He was absolutely amazing.