Shane Battier
Shane Battier
Shane Courtney Battieris an American retired professional basketball player who played for various teams of the National Basketball Association. He has also been a member of the U.S. national basketball team...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth9 September 1978
CityBirmingham, MI
compete expected games novelty playoff proud supposed team win
The novelty isn't there. We have a team that's been assembled that's expected to compete for a playoff position. That's OK. It makes you have a workman-like attitude, and you go out and win games you're supposed to win. I'm very proud of this season.
defense floor games good ran tough
It's always good to have one of these games before a day off. We ran the floor well and our defense made them have to take some tough shots.
ball beat expect games late nasty turn
It's just one of those games you play in late February. It was a slow, ugly, nasty, nasty game for a long time. ... You just can't turn the ball over 24 times and expect to beat the world champions.
eight games
Yeah, but we have eight more games to play.
games play champion
I've always thought that pressure is trying to feed your family, trying to make a mortgage. We play a game...And this is an amazing game.
city fired games question reception
The city would really be fired up if we can get one of these (games) in Dallas. The reception for Games 3 and 4 would be unbelievable. There's no question that we can't do that without our home-court fans.
best execution half maturity second
We showed our maturity. We didn't play our best first half and yet we were up a point. We executed better in the second half. Execution is about making plays.
ball heads turned
We turned the ball over too much and after that we had our heads down. We just didn't have it.
dwelling lighting night past playoff sleep taste victory year
Every year is independent. What we did in the past doesn't come in our minds. Obviously, we like to taste a playoff victory this year, but it's not something we go to sleep at night dwelling on or lighting vigils for.
brad choice defend excellent learned pass picking shoot success teams
Brad is an excellent choice, he can shoot it, pass it and defend on the perimeter. I think if we've learned anything it's that teams that have had success (in the Olympics) have done it with team play. I like that we are picking a team that can play together.
attitude best brought dynamic felt guys last less stay veterans volatile year
The (team) dynamic is less dynamic, less volatile than last year when it was up and down. Our veterans have brought calmness, a steadfast attitude where those guys say, 'Hey, stay with who we are.' This is the best I have ever felt about our team.
front guy starting wonder
As the guy starting in front of him, it makes you wonder why they are starting me.
drop
There's no drop off, and that's what you look for in your bench.
behind best complete fun glad mike player rewarded second together watch
Mike has consistently been our second best player behind Pau. He has been fun to watch and fun to play with. He put together a complete season, and I?m glad he got rewarded for it.