Richard Jefferson
Richard Jefferson
Richard Allen Jeffersonis an American professional basketball player for the Cleveland Cavaliers of the National Basketball Association. He was a member of the United States men's national basketball team at the 2003 Tournament of the Americas and the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics, and won the NBA championship as a member of the Cleveland Cavaliers in 2016...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth21 June 1980
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
He was unreal tonight -- inside and out. His confidence just grew and grew as the game wore on and it was just great to see.
I really didn't even realize it was that crazy.
Opinions, right or wrong, aren't going to help or hurt the situation. They are what they are. (NBA commissioner) David Stern will do something and you have to live with it.
It was a frustrating first half of the season because we can play a lot better. We've had some inconsistencies.
It's tough to put it into words. And that's something that's rare for me to say.
He's been playing well for them all year. He's a guys who's been experienced for them, he's played in the NBA Finals, so a first-round playoff game, there's not so much pressure on him to perform.
It's big for us I'd never beaten the Dallas Mavericks in my career.
They paved the way and started the tradition. It's our job to be good players and good people for the ones who will follow us.
Cliff is the ultimate professional. He's not just here to play games, just to say, 'Hey I'm here in my 17th year.' He's out there to compete, to play at a high level, and the last few weeks, he has.
In order to play well in the playoffs you have to position yourself in the regular season. That's where the regular season becomes important.
I feel confident every game now. We have our whole roster, and we're playing well.
Right now, the team is struggling, I've struggled. And I think it's a direct correlation.
If you look at a lot of my shots, most of them were assisted by my teammates. It was just a matter of me getting open and them feeding me the ball.
It's big. We want to get home court. Detroit has separated themselves from the rest of the league. We can't get Detroit, so let's get the other. It's not too far-fetched.