Larry Hughes
Larry Hughes
Larry Darnell Hughesis an American former professional basketball player who played for eight different teams during a 14-year career in the National Basketball Association. Hughes attended Saint Louis University before being selected with the eighth overall pick in the 1998 NBA draft...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 January 1979
CitySt. Louis, MO
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Expectations were high because of his size and speed. A lot of people wanted him to do things he's not capable of. There are a lot of tall guys that can't play basketball.
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Every season I want to play 82 games. That's my goal, and obviously that's not going to happen this year. I have to deal with it. I have to make the best from it.
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At this point, not a lot of guys in their career win 50 games, so that's always a plus. But staying healthy is definitely more important. It would be nice to get it done, but you don't want to sacrifice what we've worked all season for.
bone icing sure
There's not really any limitations. I just need to make sure I'm warmed up. My bone is healed. My tissues are healed. I'm icing after every workout.
coming felt opportunity pass situation
This is an opportunity that I couldn't pass up, ... Coming from the situation I was in, I just felt like this is better for me.
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We heard pretty much right after the accident about what had happened. He is the kind of guy who is so incredibly exciting to watch race. He just has such a wonderful personality and is the kind of person who always wants to help others and give back to people.
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We know we might face these guys early on. That's our focus. We don't want to let anyone we play feel like they have a chance.
basically process work
That's basically up to coach. I think it will be a process where I work my way up.
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We couldn't even break huddle. We couldn't even discuss practice tomorrow or we had a good game or nothing. He was just talking about winning on TNT, winning on national TV.
break discuss game good national practice talking tomorrow winning
We couldn't even break huddle, ... We couldn't even discuss practice tomorrow or we had a good game or nothing. He was just talking about winning on TNT, winning on national TV.
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I realize that the writers and broadcasters are just trying to do their job with the questions they ask. They are just doing their job. I just try to cooperate at all times because that's part of my job also.
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I play defense. That's what I do, and I like doing it. That's tough when you don't get the opportunity to do what you like to do: that's anticipate, beat guys to the spot, get your hands in there, play clean basketball, play good defense.
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Cleveland, I felt, had an opportunity to take it to the next level. I feel like coming to Cleveland from Washington, Cleveland's basically in the same place Washington is. That really was the deciding factor. I didn't want to go to an organization that was trying to hold things together to just win basketball games. Here, we're putting pieces together so we can advance to the playoffs.
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I'm happy that she's going to be included in this activity. She's a high school student, and athletics is part of her education. They were denying her the opportunity.