one-on-one interview with Sacramento Kings fan favorite Scot Pollard<\/a>. \u00a0Today, we have former Kings shooting guard Doug Christie on tap. \u00a0Like Pollard, Christie was in Sacramento last week as part of the team’s legends series celebrating 30 years of basketball in the capital city.<\/p>\nDuring his four and half seasons with the Kings, Christie was known as a tenacious defender and the team’s primary answer for the Los Angeles Lakers’ Kobe Bryant. \u00a0Perhaps no play symbolizes the Kings’ tremendous eight-year playoff run during the late 1990’s and early 2000’s or their fierce rivalry with the Lakers more than Christie’s upper cut to the jaw of Rick Fox.<\/p>\n
Like Pollard, Christie is not a legend of the game, but he holds a special place in the hearts of Sacramento Kings fans. \u00a0Here is a quick conversation with the passionate and intense Doug Christie.<\/p>\n
CK:<\/em><\/strong> How special is it to get this group together, even if it\u2019s only two or three of you at a time?<\/p>\nDC:<\/strong><\/em> It\u2019s absolutely one of the most favorite things that I do. \u00a0Whenever I come to Sacramento, I think Scot (Pollard) said it, you just feel special. \u00a0From the day that I was traded from Toronto and I got here, the people have embraced me and been totally incredible. \u00a0Playing with my teammates and being able to sit with them and talk to them and find out what they are doing in their lives, talk about old time – I miss playing, but even more than playing, I miss sitting with these guys and talking to them. \u00a0We would talk about life, about basketball and it was totally enjoyable.<\/p>\nCK:<\/strong><\/em> How did you guys build that chemistry? \u00a0Because this team here has struggled with chemistry over the last decade since your team broke up. \u00a0How do you build that camaraderie?<\/p>\nDC:<\/strong><\/em> You\u2019ve got to trust each other. \u00a0You\u2019ve got to play for each other. \u00a0You have to push each other. \u00a0Because how you get chemistry, is you\u2019ve got to push the envelope with each other, see who you are, find out what type of character a person has, go at them at practice, make them work hard, make them better as an individual and as a teammate. \u00a0That\u2019s how growth begins to start. \u00a0It takes time.<\/p>\nOurs happened pretty fast and that\u2019s why I say sometimes, \u2018It\u2019s was like lightning in a bottle.\u2019 \u00a0They got a bunch of guys together, who if you looked at us on paper, you would go, \u2018Oh, whatever.\u2019 \u00a0But as soon as we hit the court, there was a willingness to play with and for each other. \u00a0We knew that if we screened for each other, guys would find us. \u00a0We were going to play to your strengths. \u00a0It\u2019s tough to build chemistry, but at the same time, if you really want it, it can happen.<\/p>\n
CK:<\/strong><\/em> You look at a young guy like Ben McLemore, how much would you like to get your hands him and mold him, especially on the defensive end?<\/p>\nDC:<\/strong><\/em> You know, I see Ben Mac and there are a lot of players I wish I could just sit down and talk to. \u00a0But with him, he has so much to give because he is so athletic and so dynamic. \u00a0He, in my opinion, hasn\u2019t even scratched the surface. \u00a0He\u2019s such a good shooter and you rarely see a shooter that is that athletic in the same body. \u00a0He shoots the ball so well and at the same time, he can go by and dunk on the whole team. \u00a0Sometimes he settles for jumpers.<\/p>\nDefensively, he can dominate a player because he can recover with his athleticism if he learns to be in the right place, in the right position, use his hands. \u00a0And he\u2019s made a jump from last year to this year. \u00a0Not just offensively, but also defensively. \u00a0I\u2019ve seen him play some awesome defense so the sky is the limit for him. \u00a0And I just hope and pray to watch him to continue to grow as a player and as a person.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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