Ilian Evtimov
Ilian Evtimov
Ilian Evtimov, is a professional basketball player for Élan Chalon of the French League. A French national, he is the youngest son of Bulgarian basketball star IlijaEvtimov and the brother of professional Euroleague player Vassil "Vasco" Evtimov. He is a 6 feet 7 inches tall, 215 pounds small forward-power forward...
beat control wake
We have to go in and beat Wake Forest, that's all we can control right now.
anybody becoming call carolina few last north program state successful thinks
If anybody thinks that North Carolina State is not successful and thinks North Carolina State is not becoming a better program over the last few years, I'm sorry, but I would have to call them an idiot.
craig felt mistake running shot smith taken
I felt like Craig Smith was running at me and someone was going to have a better shot than I did. Should I have taken the shot? Maybe, I don't know that. We all makes mistakes, and that's a mistake I made. I have to live with it.
awful bounce complete
We stunk, we had an awful game. It's a complete embarrassment. We're going to have to come back from this and bounce back.
couple days edge five guys intensity last nine practice
Guys had a little edge to them in the last couple of days in practice. The intensity of practice went from a five to a nine the last couple of days.
carolina games learned mentally tough
Carolina and Duke, those were two games we should have won. And you know, we've learned from them. We're very tough mentally now. We don't want to give up.
best definitely easily game good knew ready supposed tried
This was definitely supposed to be a test, and I think we did pretty good on it. We knew they were a very good team. We knew if we didn't play our game we could very easily lose. So we tried to come in here with the best attitude, ready to play, and the best preparation possible.
ask ball coming far front help knew likes middle mind post posting push until wants
We knew he likes to post up on the block, but he really doesn't mind posting up off the lane. He's going to ask for the ball until he catches it. If you front him, he's going to try to get around you and he'll go way out there. He wants the ball, so he'll go get it even if he has to go far away from the basket. So we were able to push him outside. And, we knew he likes to go right, so we had a lot of help coming from the middle if he was on the left, and from the baseline if he was on the right.
box good hard looked loose rebound scouting stuff watch
We're going to watch film and stuff, but nothing looked good. All of this scouting and stuff we did, what good does it do if we don't play hard enough to get the rebound or box out or get the loose ball?
early everybody game good playing
We were playing unselfishly early in the game and were in a really good rhythm. Everybody is comfortable with each other out there. When we don't play like that is when we get in trouble.
carolina games learned lost stretch
We lost two games down the stretch at Carolina and Duke, two games we could have won. We've learned from them and used those games for experience.
challenge mental
Now we're back to work. The challenge is more mental than anything else.
adversity expect facing question seniors
There's no question we're facing a lot of adversity right now. The young guys, sometimes they just look at you with the big eyes, but they don't know what to do. They expect seniors to know how to take the lead.
care says sheet shoots
The stat sheet says it all. We are unselfish. We don't really care who shoots or scores, as long as we get the W.