Craig Smith
Craig Smith
Craig Smithis an American professional basketball player. He recently played for Ironi Nes Ziona of the Israeli Basketball Premier League. After playing at Boston College from 2002–2006, he was selected by the Minnesota Timberwolves in the 2006 NBA draft...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth10 November 1983
CityInglewood, CA
beginning fall finally took
We're finally jelling. It took us a while, but better to have a fall in the beginning than in the end.
boring couple feet naps rest stayed took watched
We just stayed off our feet and took a couple of naps here and there. And we watched film a little bit. It's very long and boring but you just have to rest up.
easier took type
I'm more of a visual, hands-on type of person, and that makes this more interesting and easier for me than Spanish, which I took for two years but didn't like much.
ball control giving kept took
He put us on his back and took control of the game. He was in a rhythm. and we kept giving him the ball and he was making plays.
america found guards louis took underrated
He put us on his back and took control. Louis is one of the most underrated guards in America. And today, America found out.
bit fairly gave good great knock player shot
I think we did a fairly good job. Obviously, we just gave him a little bit of space. When you give a great player like that a little bit of space, he can knock the shot down.
easy finding hot jeff nice stop teammates tried
Jeff was really hot early. And that's the nice thing about having so many options, they tried to stop him and my teammates started finding me. I got a lot of easy baskets.
bit goal national win
Our goal from Day 1 was to get back to the national tournament. But there are two championships to win in our conference. We're a little bit greedy. We want to win them both.
game plan rhythm
Our game plan was to come out and be aggressive. We were just in a rhythm and got it going.
eating interested
I think more of us are interested in eating better.
ankle confidence knowing run
Just knowing (Andrus) was able to run on her ankle is a confidence boost.
although best chances compete create five good miss second
We just did not compete and were second best in most things, although we did create five good chances only to miss them all.
beginning force people showing slump tournament uphill
This year, we had our slump in the beginning, and it's better to have in the beginning than at the end. I think we've been going uphill since, and we've been showing people that we can be a force come tournament time.
diego good san tan weather
Weather is not everything. But it'd be good to go to San Diego and get a little tan or something.