I think he started at center in two NBA Finals. In those Finals he was going against Shaquille O'Neal and Tim Duncan, at the peaks of their games.
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We don't concern ourselves with what other teams are doing. Because if you worry about who's winning, who's losing, trying to do all this math, sometimes you can get caught up in all that.Richard Jefferson
My first three years here is all about team and having lots of players around me. So you had to learn how to maximize your few opportunities. I was never a volume shooter. You look at my second or third year, I shot about 50 percent from the floor.
Richard Jefferson
I was teasing him in the guts of the game. Hey, are you going to make a shot That's the way we are as a group. We have so much confidence in each other, there is no need to get on anybody.
Richard Jefferson
I try and get him to shoot more threes. That's his next step. They're right there. You can't not shoot 18-footers like that and not be able to hit some threes. It's just a matter of getting an opportunity.
Richard Jefferson
It was important for us to defend, make them play half court and limit them to one shot. It was an all around great effort by every player.
Richard Jefferson
My situation was pretty easy. My high school is a Nike school I went the University of Arizona. It's not like it was bad choice, or I went there just because it was a Nike school. North Carolina, Duke, Arizona and Kentucky are all Nike schools, so if you are going to a top program, most of them are Nike.
Richard Jefferson
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