Smush Parker
Smush Parker
William Henry "Smush" Parkeris an American professional basketball player who last played for the Étoile Sportive de Radèsof the Division 1 African Championships. He played in the NBA, the NBA D-League, and several leagues overseas. Parker played shooting guard in college but moved to point guard in the NBA...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth1 June 1981
CityBrooklyn, NY
execute finally offense points spread starting team together
Usually, I have big quarters. Tonight, my points were spread out. ... We're finally starting to come together and play team D. We're starting to execute on offense a little more.
came defense either execute finally game offense points quarters seemed spread starting team throughout together tonight
My points in this game came throughout the game. Usually I have big spurts in quarters either in the first or the second, but tonight it just seemed like my points were spread out through the whole game. We're finally starting to come together and play team defense and start to execute on our offense a lot better.
game games moving next plan winning
Every game is important to us right now. We plan on winning the next 26 games and moving up in the standings.
far houses vacant
There's houses as far as you can see that are vacant right now.
lazy
There's nothing I can say about that. There was no pressure. I went up there lazy and didn't concentrate.
basketball believe contribute help stay team win
I would like to stay here. I feel like I can contribute to this team. I want to help this team win basketball games, and I believe I can.
guy hitting
Listen, the guy was hot. He was hitting shots. He was just in a zone. He couldn't miss.
brought chase energy expecting guards kobe league offensive player save shoot side top
I was brought here to play defense, to chase the little guards around and to save his energy for the offensive side of the court. I wasn't expecting to shoot the ball. Of course, that's Kobe Bryant, the top player in the league right now. Who's going to tell him not to shoot?
bed last night practice
I got here around 10 a.m.. It was strange. We don't usually practice this early. I was in bed by 9:30 last night just so I'd get up on time.
came
We came away with the win, and that was big for us.
allowed everybody kobe offense rest team within
That just initiates the rest of the team to find our own offense within the triangle. Kobe started off slow, but that just allowed us to get offense from everybody else.
center city forward gives growing hit rebuilding special took trade york
It's going to be a special game. It's significant for that city. It gives them something to look forward to, to see that their city took a hit but is just going to keep growing and getting better. It's just like New York City when the World Trade Center was hit. Nothing stopped. They're just rebuilding right now.
game hard
It's hard to play any game when you're outnumbered.
definitely hot knew
We definitely wanted to get it to him tonight. He had the hot hand. We knew he had it in him .