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
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.
I know I am a big part of the team. When I've stepped up, it seems like everyone else has stepped up in these last few games.
I was thinking about it too much. It's never that you don't want to go out there and play well and play hard but when you start thinking, everything creeps in. You think about the last shot you missed, you think about the rebound you missed, and you don't get anything accomplished. Now it's like if you missed, forget about it and make it up the next time.
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.