Malik Rose
Malik Rose
Malik Jabari Roseis an American former professional basketball player, former broadcaster for the Philadelphia 76ers and current manager of basketball operations for the Atlanta Hawks...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 November 1974
heck instinct reality
My instinct was to go for it, ... But then reality set in and I was like, ?What the heck am I doing??
explain
I can?t explain it. I really don?t know what?s going on.
associated basement chicago far finish further higher looking pick worst
We don't want to be associated with the worst (record). If you're looking at the pick Chicago has, we don't want to finish too far in the basement because the further down we finish, the higher their pick is.
learned stay takes
We learned as we went. You learn what it takes to be good. Once you know that, you learn what it takes to stay good.
cares coming game love question ruling stern supposed tells uncertain wonder
The question to me is, what do we do? You kind of can see where (commissioner David) Stern is coming from, but I wonder if he's at a game and it's someone he cares about. What would he do? What are we supposed to do? This ruling tells us, again, in no uncertain terms, don't go in the stands. So now my question is, what do we do if someone we love is getting attacked?
cards games last learn maybe steps
It is what it is. The cards have been dealt, we have to play them. We have to concentrate on getting better on defense. We have to use the last 12 games to learn the steps of getting better. Maybe that will help, I don't know.
break enjoy
It softens things up and makes you able to enjoy the break a little bit.
against best bruce caught defenders drove finals gave guys people shot stop
Then, it wasn't a Finals atmosphere, but he went up against Bruce Bowen, one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, and he gave Bruce fits. Al wasn't one of those guys to play with the ball. He caught it and shot it or caught it and drove it and shot it. Not many people could stop him.
arms both feeling funny hitting lost
It was like hitting your funny bone, ... I lost feeling in both arms for a minute.
close correct hard help hope locker next playing room talent tired together weapons winning
It's frustrating to lose. You just get tired of it. I don't like it at all. I hope we can correct it next year. We have a lot of talent in this locker room and a lot of weapons that can help us win, but we didn't come close to playing together or playing as a unit. That's what made winning very hard in my estimation...We didn't play together all year.
extremely locker
It's extremely frustrating and disappointing. This is embarrassing for the franchise, this is embarrassing for each and every one of us in the locker room.
basically coaches guys management players playing start support supporting
It was basically a support meeting. Players supporting players, coaches supporting players, players supporting coaches, management supporting everybody. It was good. It wasn't anything like, 'You guys have to start playing harder.' It was just support.
guys happy people traded weeks
It was so weird, ... People would say, 'You guys did great. I'm happy for you.' I'm like, 'But I was traded weeks ago.'
matter plays time
It's a matter of making one or two more plays be it offensively or defensively, most of the time defensively.