Shay Doron (Hebrew: שי דורון) (born April 1, 1985) is an Israeli professional basketball player in the Israeli league. She plays for Maccabi Ashdod. (wikipedia)
It was one of the tougher decisions I've ever made. Just leaving absolutely everything we'd built for the last four years for a dream that's basically a dream, you never know if it's going to work out.
There was no other reason to come back, just basketball. I wanted to win and have fun at the same time.
She pump-faked, my hands were up, all ball hit my hand. That was it.
We heard them screaming at halftime like they'd already won. I told the girls, 'If you walk out on this court, you better believe we're winning. Otherwise, don't walk out on the court.
I love bursting people's expectations. This team does it day in and day out.
It was a leap of faith, but it was an educated leap. We looked at what Coach B had done turning around programs and who was coming in. My parents and my sister and I did a lot of research.
We definitely expected to be here. For us it's not, you know, a quick thing and it's not ahead of schedule. It's right on time.
Obviously as a point guard, I want to get my teammates the ball first. But I can still score, and I had a lot of opportunities last night and tonight to do that.
Nothing is guaranteed in basketball. You never know in sports. We could lose in the first round next year, so we can't take this for granted. We have to do everything in our power to win this national championship now.
The tides haven't completely turned, but we're definitely even now. We're not nervous now, and we've proven we can beat them. We know we can beat them, and we know we can play with them.