Carlos Arroyo
Carlos Arroyo
Carlos Alberto Arroyo Bermúdez is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player who last played for FC Barcelona Lassa of the Liga ACB. Arroyo had previously played in the National Basketball Association with the Toronto Raptors, Denver Nuggets, Utah Jazz, Detroit Pistons, Orlando Magic, Miami Heat, and Boston Celtics. In the 2008–09 season, he played for Maccabi Tel Aviv in the Israeli Basketball Super League, winning the league's championship, and being named the Final's Most Valuable Player. He has also played...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth30 July 1979
CityFajardo, PR
I have nothing to say to him. I mean, we didn't talk when I was here, so, why talk now?
I never ran into somebody that big. I'll be all right.
I didn't think it was going to be kind of weird, but it (was). I was having fun. I love those guys and I miss them.
Hopefully he's still hungry, and he's going to get a chance here. It's up to him to take advantage of it.
He's very quick and fast on the break. Very crafty and he gets his teammates involved. Every time you get a player like that, he's hard to stop.
That's our job -- to come in the game, bring energy and change the tempo of the game.
It's very hard to make an impact in less minutes. I try to do my best, and I've had games when I come in and I do my distributing job as a point guard, get my assists going. It's just very hard.
This has given us confidence. Next year is going to be great.
I think the energy we play with at home, we need to bring that on the road. That's what it's all about.
After the season, he'll go for it. I'll be there, front row.
My situation couldn't get any worse in Detroit. I was playing what, six minutes? I was just there. I was a little annoyed, you know? But I got through it. Our job is to maintain ourselves ready to play, take advantage whenever called. Hopefully I will get that opportunity here.
We beat Dallas at home. Hopefully we'll have a game like we did against Dallas. We're looking forward to playing a team like that. It gives us an opportunity to know where we're at as a team, how much we've grown, and where our confidence level is.
To value every play is crucial at the end of the game. The fourth quarter we came through with a lot of energy and stayed focused of what we were trying to do as a team.
He has a smile almost every day, and just his game speaks for himself. You can tell he's having a great time.