Longley Loves His Motherland
i am a australian my father plaved on the australian teams ; and he influenced me to begin playing basketball.my number wasfirst championship we won in chicago against seattle in 1996 mostly i just remember the last minute as the clock ticked down we had the lead; we knew we were going to win i was on thebench at the time and remember feeling the crowd getting into it pretty incredlble i still keep in contat with most of players ofbulls phil jackson; steve kerr; scottie pippen; michael; dennisnow and again we played together long enough that we are allfriends my role as a player has changed in phoenix offensively ; weran a whole different offense my role is more typical of the nbascene here a bit of post-up; a bit of pick -and-roll stuff; a bit of isolation defensively my role is the same take the biggest bestpost player and get in his way olympics game will be held in 2000 in sydney; i am a aus tralian ; i wouldn t miss it; i ve already beed begging for a positionon the team i think we ll do well our goal is a medal and i thinkthat s realistic .
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