Damien Wilkins Quotations

I don't know what point it was, but we decided not to defend any more. At some point we have to decide if we want to come together and do something, instead of being the laughing stock of Western Conference.

He'll tell you no, but I'm sure he (wanted it). That's only natural. He played great.

I think we should have played better. There's no excuse why things got out of hand like that. We have to figure out if we want to win and come together and do something instead of being the laughingstock of the Western Conference. I think we're separated right now. Either we're in or we're out. If you in, let's roll. If you out, then stay out. For us not to have that attitude is bull (manure) to me, and I don't understand it.

It is, ... Last year, I felt like a tourist. This year, they made it home for me. I'm really thankful for that.

I still feel like I have a lot to prove, ... My drive isn't going away because of money. I don't know if anything could take my drive away.

We just didn't match their intensity, and you can't do that in this league. You know that it's going to be tough on a back-to-back, but we have to be better than that. We've had plenty of back-to-back and understand how tough they are.

The proof is in the numbers. The numbers don't lie. I wouldn't say we're the worst defensive team of all time, but who would? We haven't performed well defensively and that's something we need to get better at. We've got to get stops. We've got to make a commitment to defense.

Tracy's arguably one of the best perimeter players in the game right now. As long as he's on the floor, he's a threat. He understands how to create space. You just have to hope to get a hand in his face and miss. And tonight, he hit some tough shots.

We had a turnover, missed shots and Wally hits a 3. I don't know exactly how it went, but we were right there and then 60 seconds later we weren't.

Coming into the game, we knew we were going to be short-handed. We didn't know we would be without Ray. It was unfortunate because we gave it our best effort and we were in a position to win the game in the fourth quarter.

Do that, ... and in five years, you'll get another one.

The more help the better because I don't want to get in there against him. I will if I have to, but I'd rather not.

Thirteen points is a lot to come back from, but we got their lead down to two points. That's four possessions we can't give away.

They had every right to boo us. You pay your money and see something like that, I'd boo, too. All I can say and I think I pretty much speak for the entire team on this one is this is one of those games that you put behind you as soon as possible and move on.

They pretty much controlled the game from top to bottom. For the most part, they made us take tough shots tonight. Everything we tried to do defensively, they had a counter for it. We couldn't get anything going.

It was going to be hard to win that game. Everything had to go right, and it did for a while. Then things went wrong. It's been like that all year.

It's more or less us not executing well and not getting good looks at the basket, something we could have did better.

It's going to be a lot of fun. I just bought my mom a house there. She'll be there. I'm really excited about that trip.

It's hard, especially when the whistle gets a little sensitive. They were getting in our paint more than we would have liked them to.

Oh, my goodness, this is crazy. This time last year, I wouldn't have bet a dollar that I'd be sitting in the place I'm sitting in now. I'm just so thankful and appreciative to city of Seattle, the organization and the players on this team.

It was a great offer, and I'm so appreciative of them for their interest. The opportunity for more playing time was probably in Minnesota, but I'm glad Seattle matched. It shows me that I'm important to them and a part of their future plans. I'm excited to come back to the team that gave me an opportunity and excited to get back into the green and gold.

I'm very excited to be back. This is the place for me. It feels good to be wanted and that they're happy to have me. I can't wait to get started.

I just tried to make it tough on him. I try to test his endurance. Keep my body on him, because if he stays rolling like that, it might have been a different game.

I didn't see the play that he saw, but he obviously saw something and jumped me for it. He doesn't like when any of us don't run. I had to pick it up.

I didn't know I was going to start until the moment I stepped on that floor. You know when they say be ready when your number is called? Well, that's true.