Collin Sexton Quotes

I love fast breaks, and I love playing full-court basketball, but offensively in the half court, I kind of take my time, let guys cut, and let the defense move. Then, if I have a move, I'll go. If not, I'll just hand it off to a teammate.

Coach K tried to implement a style where we passing, moving the ball, the open guy gets the open shot, running in transition.

The reason I do not like to have much passing in my offense is that when you throw a foward pass, five things can happen and four of them are bad.

Golden State was basically a guard-oriented offense so I didn't use it that much.

I like to get out in transition. That is one of my favorite aspects of the game.

When we're able to get stops, get the ball off the glass and run, you never know who's going to get the ball. Everyone takes off, runs to their spots, and the ball just finds the open man.

When you're running next to a guy who's about to lay it up in transition, you just get out of the way because you know Giannis is coming to block it.

I believe in getting the ball up the floor and trying to take advantage of transition opportunities.

When I'm in the pick-and-roll, I'm looking to be a playmaker first and to score second. When I'm playing off the ball and I catch the ball, I'm looking to be a scorer first and a playmaker second.

That's something a point guard can always work on, with keeping his dribble alive a little better. It's so important.

I can score the basketball, but I think I can pass pretty well or I can make the correct pass. I'm not the type of guy who's just going to throw the ball inbounds to a guy who's wide open. I can make the right pass.

My type of basketball is about how to create space, how to maneuver, how to get your shot off.

Once the referee throws the ball in the air, it's either your ball or their ball and you have to just take your shot.

At the end of 2003, my game was complete. Shooting, defense, using the dribble, transition, midrange stuff was all there. Then it was about fine-tuning and trying to improve in each area.

The triangle is a foundation to an offense.

You don't cut anywhere, don't pick down anywhere, don't double screen, no weak side picking. All these things that should happen in a game of basketball don't happen anymore.

I've always been the point guard, always been the floor general out there, and it's helped me see things I didn't previously see on offense from a shooting guard standpoint.

When you are a coach, you are watching how the team is positioning itself on the field - if your team is in possession of the ball, you are already anticipating what could happen if you lose the ball.

When I get the ball, I have to be ready to be in scoring mode.

Any time you can get easy baskets, it's a big deal.

It used to be every single time you got the rebound, you handed it to the point guard, or you outlet it to the point guard, or everyone cleared, and you waited until the point guard brought the ball up the floor.

I try to take whatever the defense gives me, have a sense of urgency, know who's guarding me and pick my spots, get my teammates involved and also attack the rim.

I'm always open. As soon as I cross the half-court line, I'm open.

When you put pressure on the paint, you not only score but you force the whole defense to collapse and you can make easy plays to hit shooters.

You know, pass now to pinch post, cut, shoot the shot. Do things to facilitate the offense. That's what I did in Alabama.