Larry Hughes
Larry Hughes
Larry Darnell Hughesis an American former professional basketball player who played for eight different teams during a 14-year career in the National Basketball Association. Hughes attended Saint Louis University before being selected with the eighth overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 January 1979
CitySt. Louis, MO
anyone early face guys might
We know we might face these guys early on. That's our focus. We don't want to let anyone we play feel like they have a chance.
history initial sting sure
It hurt. That initial sting and me having the history of it you have to make sure everything is good.
defensive team
We're not going to be that team that's a defensive stopper,
against except game good pitching weekend
Our pitching was pretty good all weekend except for the game against Huntsville.
coming felt opportunity pass situation
This is an opportunity that I couldn't pass up, ... Coming from the situation I was in, I just felt like this is better for me.
best dealing kept knew later playing time
I was just dealing with it, playing through it, but I knew something was wrong. This was the best time to do it. If it was later in the year, I would've kept playing.
ask guard
I will ask for him and guard him,
good rushed
I got a good look. I kind of rushed it a little bit.
full gravitate help kids people towards track
He is just full of life. People gravitate towards him. He'd see young kids out on the track and he'd go right over to them and help them out. That's the kind of person he is.
cooperate job questions realize trying writers
I realize that the writers and broadcasters are just trying to do their job with the questions they ask. They are just doing their job. I just try to cooperate at all times because that's part of my job also.
beat clean defense good guys hands opportunity tough
I play defense. That's what I do, and I like doing it. That's tough when you don't get the opportunity to do what you like to do: that's anticipate, beat guys to the spot, get your hands in there, play clean basketball, play good defense.
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Cleveland, I felt, had an opportunity to take it to the next level. I feel like coming to Cleveland from Washington, Cleveland's basically in the same place Washington is. That really was the deciding factor. I didn't want to go to an organization that was trying to hold things together to just win basketball games. Here, we're putting pieces together so we can advance to the playoffs.
generosity might momentum otherwise program provided
Their generosity has provided this program with the momentum that it might not otherwise have gotten.
athletics denying happy high included school
I'm happy that she's going to be included in this activity. She's a high school student, and athletics is part of her education. They were denying her the opportunity.