Michael Finley
Michael Finley
Michael Howard Finleyis an American retired professional basketball player, basketball executive and a film producer. He played 16 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He was a two-time NBA All-Star and won an NBA championship with the San Antonio Spurs in 2007...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth6 March 1973
CityMelrose Park, IL
CountryUnited States of America
game gotten guys knew open signed welcomed
From the first day I got here, these guys have welcomed me with open arms, ... With each game I've gotten more and more comfortable. I knew what I was getting into when I signed here and this was it.
believe deal difference fault financial gave gotten guilty mike mistake next opportunity overly reclaim
It's my fault that we got to this point. I was guilty of being overly optimistic. I wanted to believe that the next deal was the one that was the difference maker. ... I was wrong. ... Waiving Mike gave us the opportunity to reclaim financial flexibility. It never should have gotten to this point. My mistake let it. Which makes it all the more painful. It's a business, but it really is personal.
To be part of a championship team, I'm excited,
To me, nothing has changed. He?s still got the same game.
everybody handle number step
Everybody has to step it up. You never know when your number is going to be called. We have to handle our business, everything else will handle itself.
guys living shoot
At 7 feet, there's a lot of guys he can just shoot over. He's been making a living doing that.
basketball bit break compete everybody fired guys relaxed tony
Only two guys didn't have a break and that was Tony and Tim. Everybody else relaxed and just got away from basketball a little bit and was fired up to come back here and compete and that's what we did.
build game help opened quick run stop stops
We want to build on something that will help us in the long run and we want to defensively get more stops and stop fouling. We did that and offensively we were quick and that just opened up the game for us.
looks
He looks good. He looks the same to me.
far game step success tony
Tony is a big part of our success so far this season. Tonight, everyone had to step up and do something that he would usually give us during the game as far as assists and points. Everyone did that tonight.
ball bench great guys last opportunity playing rest starters team
When we had the team down big last night, it was a great opportunity to rest our starters and give the bench guys a lot more playing time. Instead, we made it a ball game.
care consistent hard head towards worry
We have to take care of our own business. We can't worry about Dallas. We have to play hard and play consistent as we head towards the playoffs. If we do that we will be all right.
decent mind trip unable
Unfortunately we were unable to do it. So in my mind it's a decent trip for us.
bad came hurts league seen standpoint understand
Well, it hurts from the standpoint to think the way everything came about. At the same time, I mean, I understand it's a business. I've been in this league for 10 years. I've seen the good, the bad and the ugly.