Aaron Gray
Aaron Gray
Aaron Michael Grayis an American former professional basketball player who played eight seasons in the National Basketball Association. A heart condition forced him into early retirement in 2015. He is currently an assistant coach for the Detroit Pistons...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 December 1984
CityLos Angeles, CA
ahead confidence last playing steps
We're steps ahead of last year. We're playing more like a team. We have confidence in each other.
send
We want to send Carl out on top.
allowed avoid defense foul good knew
From the tape, I knew I would have to play good defense and avoid foul trouble. That allowed me to make some plays, and I was just able to come out and have a really good performance.
coach drill game good great job knows matter people practice reasons team
He does a great job of getting people to play their best. One of the reasons we are such a good team is that every day in practice is like a game to us. Everything we do is competitive, and everything we do we want to win, no matter what the drill is. He knows you have to coach everyone differently.
biggest continue felt free game practice since team throws weakness
I felt confident. Ever since the Marquette game, every day I've been working on my free throws before and after practice with the coaches. Apparently, I just need to continue working on it. It's probably the biggest weakness in my game right now. I let my team down.
biggest breakdown confronted cut cutting defensive guys hopefully issues last lead learn losing meeting offensive people putting stress understand winning
Guys are putting too much stress on the offensive end and not enough stress on the defensive end. I think that showed in the last game. We also have to cut down on turnovers. The biggest part of the meeting was cutting down on the little things. People don't understand that one possession, one breakdown can lead to you winning or losing the game. We've confronted those issues and hopefully we'll learn from them.
college guy stuck
He let me know we're stuck with him. It's great, because he's a guy who's been here for everyone's college career, and we've had a lot of success.
eight guy happiest locker people problem
Carl does so many things that people don't realize. He only scored eight points, and he was probably the happiest guy in the locker room. Obviously, he doesn't have a problem with it.
guys hate takes whatever willing
This team, we're winners. We hate to lose. We don't know how to lose. We have 13 guys who are willing to do whatever it takes to win.
good open people team
We got a lot of people out on their shooters and didn't give them many open looks. We think we're a good man-to-man team and we can be physical.
emphasis game lead obviously post
We wanted to put the emphasis on our post game with Padgett out. We did that. We obviously got out to a big lead because of that.
came country teams tough
Two tough teams went at it and they just came out on top. They're not the No. 1 team in the country for nothing.
bad ball decisions guys seemed three time touched turned
Every time I touched the ball it seemed like there were two or three guys around me. I made bad decisions and turned the ball over.
bring
Every game, you have to bring it or you're going to lose.