Keyon Dooling
Keyon Dooling
Keyon Latwae Doolingis an American retired professional basketball guard in the National Basketball Association. He was born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and attended the University of Missouri. Before joining the Grizzlies in 2013, he played for the Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, New Jersey Nets, Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth8 May 1980
CityFort Lauderdale, FL
compete everybody guy offense trying west
He's a guy that you have to play big against. Everybody in the West was trying to compete with the Lakers, because they were the dynasty. But now, you see a more free-flowing offense out there.
community model role serious
He was like a community father. He was more than a serious role model for us young cats.
building chemistry figuring future great stepping stone
We're building chemistry every day, and we're really figuring out how to play with one another. What we're doing now is just going to be a great stepping stone to the future for us.
court defend home playoff
You have to defend your home court if you want to be a playoff team.
call plays poise
You can call it shaky. I call it poise . . . . And the thing is, we don't know who's going to do it. Everybody's making plays down the stretch.
minutes momentum next roll
We need to take this momentum and roll it over like cell-phone minutes next season.
basketball care good playing team
When you're playing a good team like that, you've got to take care of the basketball.
bottom games hitting lose ready win
You lose games in the NBA. That's the bottom line. Sometimes you're going to lose games you win on paper. They're getting ready for the playoffs. They're hitting their stride. I think they'll be all right.
contain
It was tough. Defensively, we didn't contain Wade or Shaq.
both chemistry ends goes good team underrated
Chemistry is probably the most underrated thing in basketball. When you have good chemistry, your team usually goes out and executes on both ends of the floor.
good gratifying runs stay stepped teams
Good teams are going to make runs at us, but we just had to stay focused. It's gratifying because we stepped up and collectively got it done.
adrenaline call knew lights love popcorn starts tired
I pretty much knew I'd be tired after the first two minutes. You can call me a prophet, because I was. But it was just fun. My adrenaline was running. Once the lights come on and the popcorn starts popping, I just love it.
ask both good mistake people wish
If you ask around the league, people will say we are good guys. It was just a mistake on both our parts. I wish I could take it back.
beginning care deep dug hole itself job ourselves tough work
I just feel like if we do our job and take care of what we have to take care of, everything else will work itself out. We dug ourselves so deep a hole in the beginning of the season, it's going to be tough for us to get in. But nevertheless, there still is a chance.