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
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I feel that it is my best interest to declare for the NBA draft. The draft process will provide a great learning experience and will help me become a better player.
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In discussing my options the last couple of weeks with my family and Coach Dixon, I feel that it is in my best interest to declare for the NBA Draft. I will not hire an agent, leaving me the option to return to the University of Pittsburgh for my senior season. The draft process will provide me a great learning experience and will help me become a better player.
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That's when I play my best, against the best competition. Sometimes my problem is playing against guys who don't have much of a post presence. It will be a great challenge. I'm looking forward to it.
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It gives us a chance to play teams from around the country. I'm really looking forward to it. It's the first year we've done it, and usually during Spring Break we flatten off because we won't play.
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Without any pressing issues, there won't be a lot of change. Most people are pretty happy with who is running the board now.
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We easily could have lost that game to Notre Dame. The way the young guys played, it just shows they're not going to give up. We don't want to lose. If we do, it'll add fuel to the fire.
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We've got our church clothes ready for Sunday morning. You can write that down.
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Other teams are keying in on him, setting whole defensive strategies around him. That's presenting opportunities for other people to step up. It's amazing. It seems like every game, it's someone different.
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There are so many emotional highs and lows. You play really well one night, and the next night, you don't play well at all.
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My offense was bad, and I had to keep taking three or four opportunities to get an easy basket.
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That was a tough game. We played real hard. The shots just weren't falling tonight. It just wasn't our night.
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We watched a lot of film on him. He's a big key to their offense. When you're guarding him you can't leave him or he'll get an open shot. I also got great help defense from my teammates, and he missed some shots too. The combination is why he went scoreless.
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True story. I knew my time was coming. I knew my teammates were going to be counting on me. I didn't want to let them down.
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We didn't do anything special to prepare for the game or do anything differently. We put in hard work and prepared for this game just like any other.