Raja Bell
Raja Bell
Raja Bellis an American retired professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association. He was twice named to the NBA All-Defensive Team in his career...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth19 September 1976
CitySaint Croix, VI
involved until
I hadn't been involved in too many like this until I got here.
breaking collapse good later open opens presence rhythm sooner trust
He's so good at breaking down defenses and making them collapse that all you have to do is find that open seam and get in his vision. You trust that once you're in his vision, sooner or later he's going to find you, and from there it's being in rhythm and shooting. His presence out there is what opens that whole thing up.
cake icing
He's the icing on the cake, so we're just the cake right now.
ball fit gets jones plays runs shoots system
I'm a big Jones supporter. Every year, he gets better. I think he can fit right into the system because he plays different positions, shoots the ball well and runs well.
dallas emotions teams
Dallas and us are two of the better teams in the West. There's always some emotion.
ball bottom dropped everybody line second speculate
Everybody can speculate why we dropped the ball there in the second half, but the bottom line is we did.
face feels felt lets life personal sure team
That's personal right there. That's how a person feels when a team lets him go. I'm sure he felt unappreciated. I know he's got something to prove. Film is one thing, but actually getting to do it to your face in real life is different.
ball challenge goes good jump ready seeing team
That's a good question. It's been a challenge for us to be ready to play every night. What you're seeing (now) is a team that's not necessarily ready to go when the jump ball goes up.
building fans fun
It's a fun building to play in. They've got some really rowdy fans and its one of America's teams.
deep front frustrated pulling shots taking time tried
I tried to front him so a lot of time they'd go away from him. That frustrated him and got him taking the shots we wanted him to take - deep threes and pulling up from 25 feet.
best felt reinvent weather
The best thing is we never felt down about anything. We just weather it and reinvent ourselves.
cool funny good guard hear respect somebody thinks tough
It was funny. You know, Manu's a competitor, and I do a good job, I'd like to say, on him, but he's a tough guard for me. So it's just a respect level. It's cool to hear somebody thinks you're that way, especially being the All-Star that he is, so it was flattering.
against critical game good irrelevant people praised shoot start team watch
It was critical for us to get off to a good start against a team that was a little undermanned. I shoot the ball. ... People who know and watch the game know what you can do. If you get praised for it or not, it is irrelevant for me.
attack beat decided game guess time win
It was embarrassing. We were getting beat pretty good. I had been struggling. I guess I had been moping a little. I just decided I wasn't going to do it anymore. . . . At this time of year, it's about being in attack mode. Win or lose, make or miss, you have to be on the attack. We have to be like that in Game 3.