Richard Hamilton
Richard Hamilton
Known as "Rip," he was an NBA shooting guard with a deadly 15-foot jump shot. He helped lead the Detroit Pistons to an NBA Championship in 2004.
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth14 February 1978
CityCoatesville, PA
definitely foul technical turning
I thought that technical foul was definitely the turning point.
believe definitely everybody looking people prove wants win
He's definitely looking at it as a challenge. A lot of people believe that he can't win without Shaq. Now he wants to prove to everybody that he can.
brown coach coached definitely last
Oh, yeah, you wanted this game, man. Coach Brown coached us the last two years, and he got a new team, so we definitely wanted to come out and make a statement.
cut definitely easy helps move oh system
Oh yeah, the system definitely helps me a lot, ... I am able to move more. I am able to cut more. I am able to get a lot more easy baskets.
definitely felt fun
Everything was just like I thought it would be. It was fun and it was exciting. If I didn't have the jitters then it wouldn't have felt right. I definitely had the jitters.
anybody definitely early hype league longer people
It's definitely amazing. Anybody that comes into the league with that much hype and is able to man-up to that and play so well so early when people probably thought it would take him longer ? it's kind of crazy.
few handle problems
We handle a lot of transactions with very few problems,
believed belonged confidence gotten lost might playing year
I think he might have gotten down. I think he lost his confidence a little bit. I didn't know that he really believed that he really belonged here but this year he's playing with a lot more confidence.
playing
Man, we've been playing a lot of games.
great matter playoffs
I'm in a great rhythm. I feel good. It really doesn't matter to me, because the playoffs are a whole different thing.
coach job stuff
My thing is, your job is to coach the team. Your job is not to say stuff to me, and that's what got me (ticked) off.
coach job player running sideline slick stuff supposed talk trash trying
The only thing I know is he's supposed to coach his team. He don't need to be on the sideline running his mouth, trying to talk trash from the bench. He's not a player no more, he's a coach. His job is to coach his team, not to have little slick stuff to say from the bench.
happen hot knew last lead time
We knew last time (here) we had a 10-point lead (in the fourth) and D-Wade got hot and we didn't want that to happen again.
bulls chicago
We don't look at what the Chicago Bulls did. We just want to get home-court advantage.