Peja Stojakovic
Peja Stojakovic
Predrag Stojaković, also known by his nickname Peja, is a Serbian retired professional basketball player and is currently the director of player personnel and development for the Sacramento Kings and the general manager for the Reno Bighorns, Sacramento’s NBA D-League affiliate. He also holds Greek citizenship...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 June 1977
CityPozega, Croatia
believe team
I still believe this team has a lot of potential, and if we play to our capabilities we can be fine.
basketball goes good played season team
We haven't played good basketball all year. Hopefully, we will play better as a team as the season goes on.
aggressive ball came control giving good job moved open ourselves playing pressure team took
We came out aggressive tonight. We moved the ball well and took control of the boards. I think our team did a pretty good job on defense. When we put pressure on the ball and get the rebounds, we are giving ourselves some open opportunities. We have to keep playing well and see what happens.
avoid best detroit east good playing team teams three trying
Obviously, we all know that Detroit is the best team in the East right now. They're playing good basketball. All three teams are trying to avoid Detroit.
build game letting quit teams turned
(It was a) very important game for us tonight. We had to come here and get it turned around right now. We've go to quit letting teams back in the game when we build up leads.
continue feeling finding good hard helping looking playing team
Stephen and I are still feeling each other out, finding out what each other does and when we do well continue to get better and better and the team will get better and better. We just need to keep playing good defense, looking for each other, playing hard and helping each other out. Very important win.
bit felt game gets plays reviewing second teammates time
This is my first game. I just got a feel for my new teammates and they got a feel for me. We've got to keep working. You think you know the set plays after reviewing them in practice, then the game comes, and it gets a little bit confusing. I think with time it's going to get better. In the second half, I felt more comfortable.
hopefully knee
Probably I won't be available. My knee is still hurting. Hopefully we can get it better.
feels hoping
It feels better because I didn't do anything (Wednesday). I'm hoping I'll be able to play. We'll see.
felt
It felt good. I thought it was in.
eight energy expect focus four full game last minutes points seven turn
We can't be down seven or eight points in the last four minutes of the game and expect to turn things around. The energy and focus have to be there the full 48 minutes.
figure learn season trying
We're still trying to figure out each other. We need to learn how to play with each other. It's going to be an interesting season because of that.
ball good missed moved quarters shots third took tried
Yeah, we did get a lot of good looks, especially in the first half. We missed most of those shots and they took advantage. They moved the ball well, especially in the first and third quarters when we tried to make a run. We got good looks, we just couldn't make them.
care dress
I don't care about that dress code. When you always look good, it's not a problem.