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
evolved involved last line plays shot steals
I think I've evolved because I'm more than just a shot blocker. I've been involved in those plays where I'm not just the last line of defense. I can also go in and get steals and play perimeter defense.
depth gel hard higher knew last national win year
We knew last year things were going to be kind of hard for us to win a national championship because of our depth problems. But this year we have higher expectations and hopefully, we can gel right away and get on a roll.
great help last line teammates trust
If I see my teammates getting beat, they can trust that I'm there for a last line of defense. Being there to help them out is a great feeling.
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.
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.
allow defense good guards job playing
We have to do a good job playing defense on their guards and not allow them to penetrate.
nights upset
With J.J. having nights like that, I can't be upset about being overshadowed.
battle
It was a long, dog-fight game, and it was just a battle the whole 45 minutes.
middle opened point redeem shooting tone
I wanted to come out here and make a point and kind of redeem myself. I set the tone early. Having our shooters go out there and shooting 3s kind of opened up the middle for me.
coming extended minutes starting
I think I am going to be getting more extended minutes coming up this weekend, I am starting to feel better,
fight stuff
I thought it was an unnecessary foul, and that's why I kind of jumped back up like that. But that's part of the game, and you've got to fight through stuff like that.
ball close final game gave regroup strong
We haven't had a close game in a while and we let up a bit. We weren't strong with the ball late. We gave them a turnover. We had to regroup and concentrate in the final minutes.
came everybody fight good knew mature played tech virginia
We came out, and we played like we knew we could play. Everybody responded well, and we came out and played like a mature team. Virginia Tech is good - they fight to the end of every game.
analyze came good losses regroup
We've got to regroup and rebuild. We kind of have to analyze things. We're still 14-2 in the conference, so we still did a pretty good job. Our two losses just came at the end.