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
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.
count guy help played presence together type
We played together two years ago. He's going to be a type of guy we're going to count on to be a presence down low. He can score, he can rebound, and he will help us out a lot.
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.
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.
adjust against body combat extra hard past people position rip saw surrounded
I never really got into a position to do anything. They always had an extra body around if I ever did get past Rip (Hamilton), which was hard to do in itself. They just surrounded me and I was never in a position to do anything. We've got to make adjustments to combat what they did against me because I saw (two or three) people every time. So we have to adjust that.
great playoff position trying win
I'm trying to be that positive, be that encourager. We're in great position to still win a playoff (series).
best competition guards wish worried
I'm not worried about the competition out there. I wish the best for everybody. Obviously, there are a lot of guards out there. We'll see what happens. I feel like I'm one of the ones that's up there.