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It was written in the Bible
Dion Waiters scored 19 points on 7-for-18 shooting in the Miami Heat’s 104-96 win over the Brooklyn Nets on Monday. Unfortunately, after a hot start, Waiters missed eight of his last nine shots.
The next day, he offered up this sentiment as his mentality for a rough shooting night.
"I’d rather go 0 for 30 than 0 for 9 because you go 0 for 9 that means you stopped shooting,” Waiters told reporters on Tuesday. “That means you lost confidence."
Sorry, Dion. Those ain’t your words.
Waiters straight-up bodied that quote from an old Kobe Bryant feature written by Sports Illustrated’sChris Ballard.
Gotham Chopra, the director of "Kobe Bryant's Muse", an upcoming documentary on Bryant, told a story about being with Kobe and watching the Nets and the Heat play. Recounts Chopra, "Deron Williams went like 0-for-9. I was like, 'Can you believe Deron Williams went 0-9?' Kobe was like, 'I would go 0-for-30 before I would go 0-for-9.0-for-9 means you beat yourself, you psyched yourself out of the game, because Deron Williams can get more shots in the game. The only reason is because you've just now lost confidence in yourself.'"
Miami has rattled off now eight straight wins, including Ws over Golden State, Houston, and Milwaukee. Waiters, who also had nine assists, six rebounds, a block, and shot 3 for 6 from downtown against Brooklyn, has had much to do with the Heat’s success.
The next day, he offered up this sentiment as his mentality for a rough shooting night.
"I’d rather go 0 for 30 than 0 for 9 because you go 0 for 9 that means you stopped shooting,” Waiters told reporters on Tuesday. “That means you lost confidence."
Sorry, Dion. Those ain’t your words.
Waiters straight-up bodied that quote from an old Kobe Bryant feature written by Sports Illustrated’sChris Ballard.
Gotham Chopra, the director of "Kobe Bryant's Muse", an upcoming documentary on Bryant, told a story about being with Kobe and watching the Nets and the Heat play. Recounts Chopra, "Deron Williams went like 0-for-9. I was like, 'Can you believe Deron Williams went 0-9?' Kobe was like, 'I would go 0-for-30 before I would go 0-for-9.0-for-9 means you beat yourself, you psyched yourself out of the game, because Deron Williams can get more shots in the game. The only reason is because you've just now lost confidence in yourself.'"
Miami has rattled off now eight straight wins, including Ws over Golden State, Houston, and Milwaukee. Waiters, who also had nine assists, six rebounds, a block, and shot 3 for 6 from downtown against Brooklyn, has had much to do with the Heat’s success.
