Myrtle Beach native Ramon Sessions was gracious enough to talk extensively with me about all kinds of things this week. Check out what didn't make the story in Wednesday's edition of The Sun News:
On the NBA lockout: "We've got a players union that's very good at what they do, so players, we just continue to work out and are hoping for the best. We're still expecting the season to start on time, so hopefully they'll get together and get a deal done."
On the situation of being a starter part-time: "In my four years, it's kind of been like that most of my career. I would start like half of the season and then sometimes I wouldn't start. It's similar to the situation that I had in Milwaukee. I started and was averaging like 17 [points] and eight [assists]. Then this last season we got BD, a great veteran guy. It is what it was. I just came out and still played as hard as I could and you know, being a backup, I still put up pretty decent numbers."
On playing for young teams with bad records throughout his career so far: "It's tough. All the teams I've been on in my career have been rebuilding, which is not a bad thing, it's just a lot of young teams. Now I feel like I'm at a point in my career where I'm ready to get more wins under my belt, no matter if that's in Cleveland or wherever. It's tough. Anytime you lose 26 in a row and the next year only win 18 games it's tough. But it pays off in the end so when I do get those wins it's going to feel that much better. It's just going to show that all that hard work we did the past two years pay off at the end of the day."
On the fans in Cleveland, who has been through much in a calendar year: "They were great. You know, the Cavs fans - this is my third team in four years and the Cavs fans are by far probably some of the best fans I've seen around in the NBA. We were getting 17, 18 thousand every night. And we lost 26 in a row. They were always great. They stuck it out with us and hopefully next year we can give them a better show."
On playing through his hernia injury: "It's one of those things where one morning you'll wake up and don't notice it and one morning you'll wake up and can't move. I just treated it at the end of the season, I wanted to finish it out because I take pride playing those games. I didn't want to get the surgery done just because we was losing. I just wanted to keep playing and I got it done April 16, I believe."
What parts of his game he's working on: "I'm trying to work on that 3-point shot a little more, that's not a strong part of my game, but it's something I feel like I can work on a lot. Ball handle ... you know everything. Nobody's perfect, but there's definitely areas I can work on. But I feel like where my game is now I can be a starting point guard in the NBA."
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