Taurean Green
Taurean Green
Taurean James Greenis an American professional basketball player who last played for AEK Athens of the Greek League. He is the son of former NBA journeyman Sidney Green. Green played college basketball for the University of Florida, where he was a member of the Florida Gators teams that won back-to-back NCAA national championships in 2006 and 2007. He also plays internationally for Georgia after gaining citizenship in June 2010...
depending runs thinks
Jo thinks he runs things, but he doesn't. It's probably up for grabs. It's a toss-up, depending on what day it is.
bad grown lost shows situations turned
We've been in those situations we've lost at the end of games. We've turned it over or made a bad play. I just think it shows that we've grown up.
court front great guards guys key knock playing start teams
Our front court guys have been playing great as of late, but teams are going to start to key on them. When they get doubled, the guards are going to have to knock down some shots.
last matter revenge team
It didn't really matter who we played. We don't see it as revenge from last year; we don't see it as payback because this year's team is a different team. They're a different team. We do different stuff, they do different stuff.
coached game hear helps played somebody
Just having somebody that played the game and coached the game, it helps to hear his opinion.
hype
We don't even feel we're the favorite. With all this hype going around we feel we're the underdog. We still have something to prove.
We've got the bull's-eye on our back right now.
older year
We have to play a year older than what we really are.
block dunk fires lifts team turn
When they block shots, when they get a dunk and when they just do what they do, it fires the whole team up. Just doing what they do, I think it can turn a game. I think it lifts our team.
four games work
We're not finished. We've got a lot of work to do yet. We're on a mission. We've got four more games to get.
anywhere close energy
We just didn't come out with the right focus. We didn't come out with any energy or anything. We want to get them back because we know we didn't play anywhere close to what we're capable. . . . They just wanted it more than us.
finished
We are not finished yet. We are still on a mission.
anywhere beat capable close focus loose
We didn't come out with the right focus or any energy. We want to get them back because we know we didn't play anywhere close to where we're capable of playing. They beat us to every loose ball. They wanted it more.
against halftime lead sort
We were sort of against the ropes a little bit, but we made some big baskets going into halftime and boosted the lead up.