Malik Rose
Malik Rose
Malik Jabari Roseis an American former professional basketball player, former broadcaster for the Philadelphia 76ers and current manager of basketball operations for the Atlanta Hawks...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth23 November 1974
confidence dwell far hoping starting tend
I don't tend to dwell on that too much. I'm starting to feel good, as far as confidence is concerned, but I'm just hoping things can keep going.
against best bruce caught defenders drove finals gave guys people shot stop
Then, it wasn't a Finals atmosphere, but he went up against Bruce Bowen, one of the best perimeter defenders in the league, and he gave Bruce fits. Al wasn't one of those guys to play with the ball. He caught it and shot it or caught it and drove it and shot it. Not many people could stop him.
guaranteed means next
It means nobody's guaranteed to be here next season.
cards games last learn maybe steps
It is what it is. The cards have been dealt, we have to play them. We have to concentrate on getting better on defense. We have to use the last 12 games to learn the steps of getting better. Maybe that will help, I don't know.
matter plays time
It's a matter of making one or two more plays be it offensively or defensively, most of the time defensively.
extremely locker
It's extremely frustrating and disappointing. This is embarrassing for the franchise, this is embarrassing for each and every one of us in the locker room.
basically coaches guys management players playing start support supporting
It was basically a support meeting. Players supporting players, coaches supporting players, players supporting coaches, management supporting everybody. It was good. It wasn't anything like, 'You guys have to start playing harder.' It was just support.
guys happy people traded weeks
It was so weird, ... People would say, 'You guys did great. I'm happy for you.' I'm like, 'But I was traded weeks ago.'
break enjoy
It softens things up and makes you able to enjoy the break a little bit.
close correct hard help hope locker next playing room talent tired together weapons winning
It's frustrating to lose. You just get tired of it. I don't like it at all. I hope we can correct it next year. We have a lot of talent in this locker room and a lot of weapons that can help us win, but we didn't come close to playing together or playing as a unit. That's what made winning very hard in my estimation...We didn't play together all year.
blown chance competing controlled game learn losing majority ourselves putting step types win
It's real tough, losing a game that you controlled the majority of. But I always try to look at the positive. At least we're not getting blown out now. We're competing and putting ourselves in a chance to win games. We just have to take that all-important step and learn how to win those types of games.
camp coach great hardest toughest
They're doing well, ... Jamal's having a great camp so far. Steph's been a little banged up, but when he's out there, he's learning. They have the toughest job. Coach is hardest on those guys. As they go, we're going to go, but they'll be OK.
neck
They're neck and neck, those two guys. They want it right; they want it done their way, and you've got to do it.
bit chaos early lead offense unfamiliar
As well as being unfamiliar with one another, they're unfamiliar with the offense and their roles, ... So that's going to lead to a little bit of chaos early on, but we'll get it together.