Jason Richardson
Jason Richardson
Jason Anthoney Richardsonis an American retired professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association. Richardson was taken by the Golden State Warriors as the fifth overall pick in the 2001 NBA draft after playing college basketball for Michigan State University. He won the NBA Dunk Contest in both 2002 and 2003, becoming the second of four players, after Michael Jordan, to win the competition back-to-back. Other back-to-back winners include Nate Robinson, and Zach LaVine...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth20 January 1981
CitySaginaw, MI
coaches defense depends finally last learning offense played pleased putting team
The team depends on me every night, (and) the coaches depend on me to come out and give something. That's what I'm learning as a player. ... I was really pleased with our defense. It was better than when we played them last week. Our defense hasn't been the problem, and we're finally putting the offense together.
bow coming games season teams trip
We've got a lot of winnable games coming up, but teams aren't going to come in and bow down to us. The season is coming to an end, we still have an opportunity. It has to be a big trip for us.
act fight instead instinct killer knocking pit stay teams
I don't think we have that killer instinct mode. When we have teams down by 10, 15 we've got them on the ropes. We let them stay in the fight instead of knocking them out. We have to act like pit bulls. We have to keep swinging. We have to go for that killer punch.
coaches depend depends franchise teammates
My teammates depend on me to come out and play every night. The coaches depend on me to come out every night. The franchise depends on me to come out every night. I've got to give something.
bad guys hard lift somebody team
We were thin. Guys have bad games, it was kind of hard to have somebody to come in and lift the team up.
coming teams tough win
We want to win a lot of games. There are some tough teams coming in here and we're going to some tough places, but we can still win a lot of games.
couple foul guys neither played points shooting team won
Neither team played defense. A lot of guys scored points and there was a lot of foul shooting and a lot of fouling. If we could have made a couple of stops, we would have won the game.
blame help mentally playing team win worn
It's not that I'm mentally worn down, but I'm playing on one knee. I'm still out there and I have to do things to help the team win games. I can't blame one thing. I'm not mentally worn down, I just can't move.
bit free game help hit playoff sealed team thinking throw whatever win wish
It's the most important game to me for our playoff race. I wasn't even thinking about being hurt. I'm just doing whatever I can to help this team win games. I wish I could've done a little bit more. I wish I could've hit a free throw at the end that would've sealed it.
beat hard mess people playoff race role season supposed teams
It's pretty hard to be in that playoff race now, but we'll play the role that we've always been playing: the spoilers. People that mess up other people's season and we're going to beat teams we're not supposed to beat.
couple defense games guys neither played team won
It was one of those games. Neither team played defense tonight.... It was one of those games where guys were scoring. If we would have made a couple of stops, we would have won the game.
adjustment good knows learning team ways win
We're learning how to play when the other team knows you're good. You have to find ways to win games. It's all part of the process, but we have to find ways. That's part of the adjustment when you become a good team.
care smarter taking team
We're not taking care of the lead. We have to be a lot smarter with the ball. When you have a team down by 10 or 15 points, have them on the ropes, you have to put them away.
clock good rebound shot team win
We play good defensively for 14 seconds, and that other 10 seconds, we slip. The shot clock comes down, we don't get a rebound or we don't get help. Just little things we're not doing that we need to get back to if we want to be a good team and we want to win games.