Quentin Richardson was not backing down from his remarks that he was not in "awe" of the Celtics` Big Three, one day after Boston beat the Knicks by 45 points.
"I don`t really care if a big deal was made," Richardson said Friday. "I still believe the same thing that I believed before the game."
Kevin Garnett revealed after Thursday`s game that Celtics coach Doc Rivers posted Richardson`s comments in the team`s locker room. Garnett said he and his teammates were motivated by Richardson`s quotes.
"I`m a competitive athlete," Richardson added. "I`m not about to be afraid of anyone because they have three great players. Because they have Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce, are we supposed to crawl into a corner and say we`re afraid to play them? Go ask the other 29 teams and you show me a player that says he`s afraid to go play them. I`ve never heard of that."
YOU COULD SAY THAT: Isiah Thomas gave a non-answer when asked about Garnett`s comments that Stephon Marbury had quit during Thursday`s loss. After the game, Garnett told TNT, "Steph`s different from how he was in Minnesota. You just don`t come out and quit. You got to have a reason or someone has to make you quit." (...)
