Chucky Atkins
Chucky Atkins
Kenneth Lavon "Chucky" Atkinsis an American former professional basketball player who played for 9 different NBA teams throughout his career...
anytime defense feed open type
We feed off our defense. Anytime we can play that type of defense and get out in the open court, we can win.
fortitude gets kept playoff step team test
It got close. They kept fighting. That's the kind of test we need going into the playoffs. When we're (in a playoff game) and a team comes back and gets hot, we need to know who has the fortitude to step up and answer.
learn
Now we have to learn how to win.
dallas greater harder played seems smarter
Dallas played smarter than us. They played harder than us. It seems their will was greater than ours. Everything snowballed from there.
added addition available eager fills great happy leader point veteran
Chucky is a veteran point guard, and he fills our need for an added leader in the backcourt. He will be a great addition to our team, and we are happy he was available and eager to come to Memphis.
shoot themselves wizards
The Wizards can shoot themselves in a game, and they can shoot themselves out of a game. At least that's the way it was when I was there.
contract demand deserve peculiar saying situation trade
I ain't saying I should be starting, but I think I deserve some minutes. That's all I'm saying. It's not a situation where I'm saying I demand to be traded. I'm in a peculiar situation myself. I'm in a contract season. They made a trade for me, and I want to play, I want to compete, that's all.
city court excited fans great product training wait
We've got great young talent. I can't wait to get to training camp. The city and the fans are going to be excited by the product we put on the court this year.
ball everybody game great guys moved played player shots step sure team tonight top total
When you are without a great player like Gilbert Arenas, the other guys have to step up and play at the top of their games. Tonight was a total team effort. We got a lot of energy, we played great defense, we moved the ball and we made sure that everybody got shots in. When we do that, it makes the game a lot of fun.