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
feels game hopefully oh walk
Oh yeah, I'm playing. It's day-to-day, but hopefully I'll be back on Thursday. It feels pretty good. After the game I couldn't walk, but (yesterday) I can walk so that's pretty good.
question win
There's no question you want to win this one more than the others.
against ball brought defensive feeling felt full good shot
Feeling pretty good. I shot around on it today. I did some defensive slides. I was guarding D.J. full court. I brought the ball up against him, and it felt pretty good when I was going up.
anyone best guard leave slowing talented team tough
This is a talented team and we can't leave anyone open. We need to make it tough for them to guard us, and then do the best we can on slowing them down.
defense games great supposed wins
Defense wins games and championships. You can see that. We know that. As long as we play defense the way it's supposed to be played, we have a great chance.
coach davis reason wherever
Coach Davis is my coach; he's the only reason I'm here. Hopefully, I can be with him wherever he goes.
both games trying wins
Those are two big games for us trying to get to the tournament. We need both of those wins to get in.
knocked open
I was open. It was like any other shot. I was open and I knocked it down.
couple decision finishing next studies
I'll make that decision in the next couple of weeks, but right now I'm just concentrating on my studies and finishing everything out.
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.
knew running shot time
I knew time was running down. I jumped up and shot it, and I knew it was going in.
feet few hard last listen medical paid people proud quickly seeing team treatments weeks work
I'm playing. I just need to do the treatments and listen to the medical people and try to get back on my feet as quickly as I can. I'm really proud of our team right now and that we're seeing that our hard work the last few weeks really paid off.
defensive energy second
In the second half, we had no energy on the defensive end. I don't know why we didn't come out and fight.
hopefully wherever
Hopefully I can be with him wherever he goes.