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Pete Chilcutt is offline Old 09-29-2010, 06:50 PM   #1
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http://www.nba.com/rockets/news/q_wi...010_09_29.html

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Q&A With Shane Battier

Rockets' defensive ace tackles hoops, pigskin, parenthood and more

Shane Battier and the Rockets have hit the ground running in training camp this year.

HOUSTON - There are few players better at the interview game than the Rockets' Shane Battier. No matter the subject matter, chances are the Duke product will come through with a thoughful and memorable response. Since it had been so long since we'd last heard from Battier, Rockets.com decided to sit down with the team's defensive ace and play catch-up. What follows is a transcript of our conversation which covered, well... pretty much everything.

JCF: Last year you came into camp knowing that Yao was going to be out the whole season. How is the mentality coming into camp different this time around, after getting a chance to see him on the floor working his way back into playing shape?

SB: I use the analogy that last year was a pretty nice sailboat, about a 25-foot sailboat, that had a lot of holes. And we were in the regatta where our job was to start bailing from the start. We were still a serviceable boat – we still finished pretty well in the regatta – but it was just so tough since we were bailing right from the beginning and we could never really fully patch up our boat. But we finished the race and finished pretty well – better than most people expected us to finish, anyway. This year we’ve got a nice sized yacht and we’re ready to win this regatta.
 
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It seems everybody is impressed by Courtney Lee. I can't wait to watch his games.

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JCF: Who’s stood out to you thus far?

SB: I think Courtney Lee really gives us a dimension that is new to us. We didn’t really have a guy who could swing from the wing and play the point guard position, which gives us pretty great flexibility in a lot of regards. He can defend point guards, he’s so good coming off screens – he really is a complete player and he gives us a really good dimension that we didn’t have before.
 
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More positives about Hill... I think
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I think with the addition of Brad, Jordan Hill is a much improved player I think, and Patrick Patterson, we’re a bigger team and we’ll be able to protect the rim and protect the paint better which gives our perimeter guys a much bigger margin of error and we can be more aggressive on the perimeter.
 
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I really like the questions JF asks, simple questions that don't elicit the standard cliched answers.

It was interesting to read Battier's take on offensive and defensive schemes.
 
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Great interview. Thanks for posting!
 
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I am very happy that we traded Rudy Gay for Shane Battier. Battier has really stepped up, and he is probably my favorite Rocket this season.

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I am very happy that we traded Rudy Gay for Shane Battier. Battier has really stepped up, and he is probably my favorite Rocket this season.
WTH? I'm a Battier fan too, but this season? How could you have a favorite Rocket this season, when it hasn't even started yet?
 
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Whut? Nothing in it about how motivating he is? Especially to Kevin Martin?
 
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Shane is a great player to have on our team.

And I agree these interview questions are good and to the point.
 
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It seems everybody is impressed by Courtney Lee. I can't wait to watch his games.
Bye bye Brooks?
 
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Shane was just gushing about Lee. Can't wait to see him play.
 
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I have a feeling Battier wanted to say more about Vick...
 
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Shane Battier sounds like he's gonna be a GM one day.

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Very nice interview!

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Shane Battier sounds like he's gonna be a GM one day.
Shane Battier will team up with Daryl Morey to write a book: The Moreyball Way to Battier Thinking.
 
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Shane Battier sounds like he's gonna be a GM one day.
hopefully he will be a better GM than he is a player
 
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Bye bye Brooks?
Did you not read the interview??? Lee is a part time PG, VERY part time. He's not replacing either pg.
 
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Did you not read the interview??? Lee is a part time PG, VERY part time. He's not replacing either pg.
 
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Great interview there. Would love to see any footage when Chase gave his opinion about Shane not being able to get off the ground
 
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This is already a much better team than it was the last 2-3 seasons.
 

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