Michael Redd
Michael Redd
Michael Wesley Reddis an American former professional basketball player. He was drafted 43rd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks in the 2000 NBA draft. He was born in Columbus, Ohio, where he attended West High School. He was also a member of the U.S. national basketball team...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth24 August 1979
CityColumbus, OH
encourage game goes intensity involved next pick playoffs three
It's very important that we make it to the playoffs and that we pick our game up in these next 19 games. The intensity goes up and we've got to pick it up. It is new (to many of the Bucks). You just try to encourage them and tell them what's going on. I've been involved in the playoffs three times and it's a challenge.
against came certain guys last obviously picked pieces pool talent team ya year
Obviously our talent pool has picked up from a year ago. We got more talent this year. Nothing against last year's team but ya know certain guys came to the team and now we got the pieces where we can make a run.
approach biggest effort game high pick
I think you have to. You have to approach it with a sense of urgency, more than ever. This is the biggest game of our season, so we have to come really enthusiastic and pick up our intensity. Give it your all. That's all we want to see happen, that the effort is at a high level.
feeling finding force great holding job pick plays team trying
I was just feeling my way. I was just playing; not trying to force nothing. I know they were kind of holding me a bit, so I had to pick my spots. My team did a great job of finding me. Really, there were no plays being called. We were just playing.
difficult great guys job knew night shot shutting three
I knew it was going to happen. They did a great job having two or three guys around me all night and it was very difficult to get my shot off. They really were just concentrating on shutting me down tonight.
continue hard passed practice stay staying test together tonight tough work
I like our future. I like the potential. It's going to be great, ... I want to stay humble, continue to work hard at practice ... staying together in tough times and tonight was the test of tough times, and we passed the test tonight.
basketball case encourage guys mike needs sit trying watching wear win
I'm just trying to encourage everybody. Mike needs your help. I need your guys' help. I don't want it to be a case where you guys just sit around watching me trying to do everything. That's not going to win basketball games, man. And it's going to wear me out.
hitting kept nights
They just kept hitting shots. It was one of those nights where they kept hitting shots.
ball early great hands moved tonight toronto tried
It was great tonight. Toronto tried to take the ball out of my hands early tonight and we moved the ball and made them pay.
checked gone reason
It was just one of those things I wanted to get checked out. I could have gone back in the game, but there was no reason to.
last
Not to put down last year's team, ... but we got better.
I'm doing it for my knees, more than anything. It's not for show.
basketball cry playing playoff trust
I'm just playing basketball, man. I trust the referees to make the right calls. I don't need to cry about it or nothing. That's part of playoff basketball.
disrespect easy geared knew missed normally shots toward
I missed a lot of easy shots. No disrespect to their defense. I knew it would be geared toward me, but I missed a lot of shots I would normally make.