Robert Vaden

Robert Vaden
Robert Anthony Vadenis an American professional basketball player who last played for the Westchester Knicks of the NBA Development League. Vaden played college basketball with the Indiana Hoosiers and the UAB Blazers for two years each. After four years in college, he was drafted by the Charlotte Bobcats with the 54th pick in the 2009 NBA Draft. After the draft, his draft rights were immediately traded to the Oklahoma City Thunder. However, the Thunder did not sign him to a...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth3 March 1985
earned respect sixth
I think we earned some respect by getting a sixth seed. And if we didn't, we'll go out and try to earn some more.
confidence guys helped missed open
It should have helped us get guys some open shots. We missed some open shots, and our confidence went down.
coach davis future holds indiana knows love mike wherever
I love Indiana basketball, but right now, Mike Davis is the only coach that I know, and who knows what the future holds for me? Hopefully, I can be with him wherever he goes.
bear cut fought harder lead maybe played
I feel like we could have played harder than what we did. We cut the lead down and we made it a game. But we could have fought harder and maybe got a win. We just didn't bear down in the first half.
gave gets hard spark time works
He works hard every time he gets in their. Every time he gets in, he does something good. He gave us a big spark tonight.
fight fragile good mean team
You think we're fragile mentally? I don't think so at all. I mean we've got a good team and if you think we're fragile that's from you all's perspective. But we've got a good team, and we're going to fight on the road.
cut hope locker needs offense stuff talk
He needs to play harder, needs to play better defense, cut in our offense -- that's all the stuff we talk about in the locker room. I hope it got to him.
knocked open
I was open. It was like any other shot. I was open and I knocked it down.
feels season trying
I know D.J. (White) feels the same way; I don't know about the others. I try not to think about all those things right now. We have a season that we're still playing, and we're trying to make it to the (NCAA) Tournament.
business care difficult everywhere extra fans great home job road seems tough winning
Our fans do a great job of making this a tough place to play, and it's just so important that you take care of business at home. Winning at home is extra important in the Big Ten, because everywhere we go it seems like it's very difficult to get road wins.
basically came forced guy loved
Why wouldn't you be pissed if a guy you loved and came to play for is basically forced to resign?
everybody happy playing together
We've got a lot of momentum. Everybody is happy and playing together right now.
focused game needs points
We're not going to get too focused on how many points he scores; there is still a game that needs to be played.
coach davis difficult heart knew
This wasn't a real difficult decision. I knew in my heart that I wanted to play for coach Davis and that's what I'm going to do.