Shelden Williams
Shelden Williams
Shelden DeMar Williamsis an American professional basketball player who currently plays for Tianjin Ronggang of China. He played college basketball at Duke University, where his #23 jersey was retired on January 28, 2007...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth21 October 1983
CityOklahoma City, OK
bit elbow threw took tried
He threw the elbow the first time, so I just tried to go in there and get in him a little bit more to see if he'd do it again. Of course, he did it again, and I took the charge.
amazing both course game hopefully incredible injuries low moves physical post prepared somebody throughout
He's an incredible player. Somebody that size, who moves as well as he does, it's just amazing to watch. I know it's going to be a very physical game in the low post throughout the whole course of the game. I know we both are prepared for that, and hopefully we'll play the game without any injuries going on.
business duke unfinished
I had a lot of unfinished business here at Duke University.
felt great helping quit upside worked
Once I quit helping so much, I was able to play him more one-on-one. That worked better. I felt he was a great player. I see a lot of upside for him.
biggest early knew last played point redeem teammates tone
I'm my biggest critic. I knew I hadn't played well in the last game. I wanted to make a point and redeem myself. That's one thing I did. I set the tone early and my teammates responded to that and we all played well together.
age anybody both dad defense defensive early everybody knew playing shoot taught time
I knew from the first time I started playing this game, when my dad taught me to be a defensive player, that defense is not something as glorified. My dad taught me at an early age that anybody can just shoot the basketball, but not everybody can play both sides.
bulldog defense double giving instead last moves plenty post season slowing team thinking trying
I'm more comfortable in the post now, ... Plenty of times last season I'd try to do moves without even thinking about what the defense was giving me. Now I'm slowing down, making moves off of the double team instead of just trying to bulldog my way through the defense.
came swagger today trying
We came here today trying to rekindle our swagger and play like we know how we can play.
early experience guys toll took toward year
That took its toll toward the end of the season. This year we have a lot more guys to give us depth. If we give these guys experience early on, they'll be there for us later.
annoying guess problem tested walk
It's only annoying if you have something to hide. It's no problem for me. I don't have anything to hide. Being tested is I guess a walk in the park.
consistent defense needs picking playing
It's going well so far. He needs to be consistent on playing defense and rebounding. I think he's picking it up now.
great
It's a great disappointment the way we lost.
good
They're a really good team. We know that going into their place they're going to be really up for us, and it's going to be a dogfight for 40 minutes.
gets
It's something that we've been doing all along. If he gets started, I get started after that. Or if I get started, he'll get started from the outside.