Malik Hairston
Malik Hairston
Malik Samory Hairstonis an American professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek Basket League. A shooting guard-small forward from the University of Oregon's Ducks, he was chosen in the 2008 NBA Draft by the Phoenix Suns, who then traded him to the San Antonio Spurs. Hairston has also played with the San Antonio Spurs, the Austin Toros, Montepaschi Siena and Olimpia Milano of the Italian League, and Galatasaray of the Turkish League. He was born...
Malik Hairston quotes about
basketball good stretch team understand
I understand I've got to do a little more in the first half. But to be able to come through down the stretch for my basketball team is a good feeling.
fight game handing hard instead poise smart taking talented team
We're right there to play with every team in the conference. We're talented enough, we fight hard enough. At the end of games, we don't play as smart as we need to and with as much poise and confidence, taking the game instead of handing it away.
conference goals ncaa opportunity reach season tournament ultimate worry
It's a new season and we can't worry about what we did in the conference season. We still have the opportunity to kind of reach our goals and get to the NCAA tournament which is our ultimate goal.
happened seeing
Never. Especially seeing what's happened to us all season.
cal
No one thought we could even get this far. No one thought we could give Cal this much of a game.
absolutely basketball blew referee respect
Absolutely nothing happened. The referee blew the whistle. He did his job. Have to respect that. There was more basketball to play. We just didn't get it done.
absolutely basketball win
Absolutely nothing happened, but the ref made the call. We still had more basketball to play and unfortunately we just didn't win the game.
few obviously seems subject tough
It's obviously a tough loss. It seems like we've been subject to a few of those.
basketball couple execute game good great inside past plan players tough
They're also a very tough basketball team. They have some great inside players and a very good perimeter game. So we'll just execute the game plan as we've done these past couple of games.
executing free job respond shot throws
They're home, they going to make runs, and we were able to respond with big plays. We shot free throws well. We just did a much better job of executing our game.
beat great ranked since time
It's a big win, it's a great feeling. It's the first time since I've been here that we beat a ranked team.
aaron fact free missed
I know for a fact Aaron didn't choke. It's one of the times he missed a free throw. It happens.
celebrate close feeling good
Honestly, it's about time. There's nothing to celebrate about, but it's a good feeling to close out a game.
finishes gets man
He's a man-child. He finishes at the bucket, gets fouled.