Rashard Lewis
Rashard Lewis
Rashard Quovon Lewisis an American former professional basketball player. He rose to prominence in the NBA as a scorer with the Seattle SuperSonics, and was later a member of the Orlando Magic, Washington Wizards and Miami Heat. In Orlando, he garnered two All-Star selections, and reached the NBA Finals in 2009. In 2013, as a member of the Heat, he won his first and only NBA championship...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth8 August 1979
CityPineville, LA
body career contracts cutting factor guys help player plays politics shoe
I feel like I don't want to be a body out there, being used to help the guys practice. At the end of the day, politics plays a lot into it and if you look at the guys on the roster, some of those guys have got big contracts with shoe deals, commercials and everything. I feel like I've been an underground player my whole career and that would be a factor when it comes down to cutting people.
came contract guys instead playing situation team themselves time worried
That's where things started wrong. Guys came in here worried about themselves instead of the team. And it never got better. Guys were worried about playing time because of their contract situation and never got into the team concept. You could see it in guys' faces.
contract deal last looking pay type willing
The type of contract I'm looking for - I feel like this is my last really big deal - I don't know if they'll be willing to pay that.
expected match talked track winning
We talked about how they embarrassed up in their house. We didn't want them to get back on the winning track here. We expected them to play well. We wanted to match their intensity.
start until wait
We showed some fight, but it wasn't enough. We need that from the start and not just wait until the end.
anybody fact game giving loosen losing
It was a little stiff, but it started to loosen up as the game went on. It just didn't feel right (not to play). I didn't want anybody to think I was giving up on my team, the fact that we were losing a lot of games.
game loosen
It was a little stiff, but it started to loosen up as the game went on.
guys healthy
Right now, we're not healthy. We're wounded. We got to get healthy and get our guys back.
career fans finish front happy hometown love seattle
I would love to finish my career in Houston, to be back in front of the hometown fans and in front of my family. You never know what can happen. I'm happy in Seattle right now. But at the same time, there's no place like home.
anybody bad guys minutes playing team worried
I feel like with the team we have now, we can play with anybody in the NBA. It's too bad we couldn't have done this earlier. We don't have guys worried about minutes and complaining about playing time.
playing
I feel like we weren't playing hard. We were just kind of going through the motions.
defending everybody help
Everybody can play defense. We're just not defending right now. We need to communicate on defense, help each other.
ball best broke luke shot supposed
The ball was supposed to go to me or Ray, but things broke down and Luke had to take the best shot he could get.
feeling felt
It just felt like we were going through the motions, there wasn't any feeling for the game.