Tyson Chandler
Tyson Chandler
Tyson Cleotis Chandleris an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Suns of the National Basketball Association. Chandler was the second overall pick of the 2001 NBA draft by the Los Angeles Clippers, then was immediately traded to the Chicago Bulls. He has also played for the New Orleans Hornets, Charlotte Bobcats, and New York Knicks. As starting center for Dallas, he played an integral role in the franchise's first NBA championship in 2011. He was also a member of...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth2 October 1982
CityHanford, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I'm definitely feeling a lot better, a lot more comfortable out there. I feel like every time I step out there I'm going to be aggressive. I just have to be a little more aggressive and help my team out so we can get some victories. But it definitely feels good to be playing with confidence again.
The game dictates when you have to step up and make a big play. When you have the opportunity, it feels great to rise to the occasion.
They get the respect, but they do cry a lot.
I'm just coming out aggressive. Once you have confidence, you're able to do everything out there. I think everybody right now has confidence, and we're kind of rolling together.
I'm ecstatic that this contract is done. To know that I will be in Chicago for the next six years is definitely a dream.
At first it was kind of tough because we've been together about it all.
Because on the West Coast, you face a lot of firepower. We're going to need all the guys on their defensive game every night.
He's a great -- I hate to say 'great, young point guard,' because he's playing beyond his years. We made our runs, and we went up a couple times. And we had our chances to control the game. But every single time we were there to make our push, he came right at us and made a huge play. He either scored or made something happen for somebody else.
The hole we dug for ourselves, to fight back, it took everything just to get back into the game.
He told me he was going to make me swallow my mouthpiece.
It definitely will be weird, considering it's in this arena where we came together, and this will be his first time playing here in a different uniform. It'll be weird, but once the game goes on, it'll be over.
It's awful. Every time we lose it's awful. When you lose one you felt like you should have won it makes it that much worse. These are opportunities we keep letting slip. These are the type of games that come back to haunt you.
As long as we compete like we're on the outside looking in, we'll be fine; no team in this league can be taken lightly. I'm going to continue to guarantee it. My mind's not going to change.
It was definitely a big stop and we needed it. Those were the kind of plays I made all last year, and it feels good to make them now.