ICYMI: Gortat fined
Washington Wizards C Marcin Gortat has been fined $5,000 by the NBA for violating the league's anti-flopping rules for the 2nd time this season.
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Thursday, March 19, 2015
Wednesday, January 21, 2015
Monday, December 15, 2014
NBA warns Wizard
Washington Wizards C Marcin Gortat has received a flop warning for an infraction during the franchise game against the Utah Jazz on December 14th.
Saturday, November 22, 2014
Wizards' Gortat talks Cavs struggles
Another game, another offensive struggle for the Cleveland Cavaliers which equated to a loss. Currently 5-6, the Cavaliers have yet to find an offensive grove and Friday night they were exploited on defense by the Washington Wizards and at times their offense stalled due to the physical play of the Wizards. Washington big Marcin Gortat spoke of the Cavs struggles after the contest.
“I think they were just sloppy,” Gortat said. “You realized that they don’t feel comfortable doing what they were doing. This is how it looks like sometimes. I think the communication between them could be a bit better. There were a lot of players that didn’t know what was going on at some points. I think it’s just frustrating when games aren’t going the right way you’re just getting frustrated. But we were focused on our own stuff.”
“I think they were just sloppy,” Gortat said. “You realized that they don’t feel comfortable doing what they were doing. This is how it looks like sometimes. I think the communication between them could be a bit better. There were a lot of players that didn’t know what was going on at some points. I think it’s just frustrating when games aren’t going the right way you’re just getting frustrated. But we were focused on our own stuff.”
Wednesday, October 22, 2014
Wizards model alternative jerseys
The Washington Wizards will wear new blue alternative jerseys this season on the follow dates:
Oct. 29 at Miami
Nov. 26 at Cleveland
Dec. 3 vs. L.A. Lakers
Dec. 10 at Orlando
Jan. 14 at Chicago
Jan. 28 at Phoenix
Feb. 4 at Atlanta
Feb. 11 at Toronto
Feb. 25 at Minnesota
March 18 at Utah
March 25 vs. Indiana
April 8 at Philadelphia
April 15 at Cleveland
Marcin Gortat:
“I think it’s a great thing for us, for the team, for the organization and for the city. The third set of uniforms are obviously different, a different color. But they are unique; this uniform will be pretty much a great great piece to our collection. I’m definitely going to get a few of those jerseys [for] my own collection, and for little souvenirs for my friends. And hopefully this uniform’s going to be lucky for us, we’re going to win a lot of games with [the] blue color.”
Oct. 29 at Miami
Nov. 26 at Cleveland
Dec. 3 vs. L.A. Lakers
Dec. 10 at Orlando
Jan. 14 at Chicago
Jan. 28 at Phoenix
Feb. 4 at Atlanta
Feb. 11 at Toronto
Feb. 25 at Minnesota
March 18 at Utah
March 25 vs. Indiana
April 8 at Philadelphia
April 15 at Cleveland
Marcin Gortat:
“I think it’s a great thing for us, for the team, for the organization and for the city. The third set of uniforms are obviously different, a different color. But they are unique; this uniform will be pretty much a great great piece to our collection. I’m definitely going to get a few of those jerseys [for] my own collection, and for little souvenirs for my friends. And hopefully this uniform’s going to be lucky for us, we’re going to win a lot of games with [the] blue color.”
“Obviously we had the red ones and white ones but we were definitely missing the blue color. A bit more blue in our uniform won’t hurt us. I like it, it’s unique, and it’s going to be definitely a nice collection piece.”
Tuesday, July 1, 2014
Wizards retain Gortat
Based on the follow tweet from John Wall, it appears that the Washington Wizards and Marcin Gortat have reached an agreement. The deal is valued at $60 million and is five years in length. Last season for the Wizards Gortat averaged 13 points and 9.9 rebounds per game.
Got my man @MGortat back now waitin for my bro @TrevorAriza...Come on !!
— John Wall (@John_Wall) July 2, 2014Friday, May 23, 2014
Saturday, November 23, 2013
NBA Q&A: Marcin Gortat
Courtesy of James Herbert
How comfortable are you on the court with this team right now?
Well, defensively I feel pretty good. Offensively I'm still looking for this spot for myself ... I lost my rhythm a little bit. Obviously I'm going to work on it and try to get back and watch the tape and see what I can do better. I would say it's more about confidence. I gotta get the confidence back really quick. I need probably one good game [on offense] and then I'll start rolling again. Definitely the team needs that and that's what I'm going to focus on.
You blamed yourself for the loss tonight. Have you always been really self-critical?
Oh yeah. I've been very hard on myself because I believe I can do better. I believe I can do better, I can be a better player and perform better for this team and I did. I did before. I did before in the past, also on different teams. I know I can do better, the stuff I showed today was definitely not the better side of me, I just gotta do better. That's it.
You said you were welcomed by the Wizards, you got 25 texts from people in the organization as soon as you were traded. Since then, what's the chemistry and camaraderie been like with this group?
I would say great. This is pretty good, this is pretty nice and pretty big with a big character group of people. There's a lot of veterans on the team, which is really good. A lot of young guys that are actually paying attention. It's pretty good so far. You can see that this team's been together for a while already and they went through a lot. They lost a lot of games last year, so they want to win this year and they know what it means, they know how it is to lose so many games and what kind of season they had last year, they don't want to repeat it now. So they've been pretty good, they helped me out a lot. Especially Nene, Jan Vesely, these guys helped me the most.
How are you finding the city?
It's totally different. Quite honestly, I'm not using my car now because everything is walking distance pretty much. The cool thing, you can order food at 5 o'clock in the morning.
You do that?
Sometimes, yeah. If you're coming from the game, from a road trip and you need to eat something, you can order. It's pretty good stuff.
What are your impressions of John Wall and Bradley Beal, two guys who are really young but almost looked at as leaders already going forward?
I spoke with John about it. If he wants it or not, he's going to be a leader of this team. He's been put in this situation from the get-go, being the No. 1 pick in the draft. Obviously he's young, he still needs to learn the leadership and everything but he's getting there. He's learning. Bradley's a very talented young kid who also has to be directed, put in the right path, but each one of these guys is making big steps forward every day. We just gotta continue to get better. There's a lot of talent in this team and if these two guys get better this team automatically is going to get better.
Is it true you looked into broadcasting but didn't want to do it because you'd have to lie all the time?
It depends what kind of broadcaster you are. You can be a broadcaster just talking about two random teams but if you're a broadcaster for your own team it's going to be hard to be the true, honest broadcaster because sometimes even if the team is playing bad you can't really say bad things because you work for this team. It's hard. It's not an easy job and I just realized that's the thing I don't want to do. I'm too honest with everything I say.
Some people would say you're too honest with media. How important is it for you to speak your mind?
Obviously it's important. You don't wanna come up with some crap to the media. If I feel like that, that's what I'm gonna say. I never had a problem with that. Obviously sometimes you have consequences. You gotta take that. But it is what it is, if I want to say something bad I learned just to not say it or don't speak to media [about it].
You've said you were "spoiled" by success in Orlando with Stan Van Gundy -- is that the kind of thing you can't properly appreciate until later?
Of course. I mean, I never understood what it means until the point where you actually start losing games. And now you understand what the guy was trying to say. It was a great moment, it was a great time for me in Orlando and hopefully one day I'm going to have an opportunity to be on a team like that again.
How important was Stan for you?
He was a godfather of my career. He basically taught me everything. He gave me the discipline, he told me the most important things in basketball. He taught me what to do, how to act and how to prepare yourself for the game. He taught me basically everything about the game, this guy is always going to be the guy that I'm going to always appreciate for everything he did for me. If one day he's going to back in the league, I would like to play for him.
What was it like to be on the receiving end of the Steve Nash pick-and-roll in Phoenix?
It was great, man. It was just great. I mean, Steve Nash, what can I tell you? He makes things happen. It's easy. Playing with him, it was just, it was easy. Just get yourself ready for the game and it's easy. The guy's a monster.
And off the court?
Great guy. Quiet guy but I was fortunate enough, I was always around him in the plane, in the bus, so I was able to talk to him a lot. Great guy, great person, you can always talk to him. He invited me a few times to Chinatown to play his soccer game which was obviously very big for me. It was great.
Thursday, November 14, 2013
Friday, October 25, 2013
Suns trade Gortat
The Phoenix Suns have traded Marcin Gortat and guards Shannon Brown, Malcolm Lee and Kendall Marshall to the Wizards for the expiring contract of veteran big man Emeka Okafor and a protected 2014 first-round pick (to No. 12).
Saturday, April 20, 2013
Marcin Gortat Blasts teammates
The Phoenix Suns were picked by many to be a surprise team in the NBA during the regular season due to acquiring a load of young talent. A coaching change and allegations of tanking later, the Suns ended up being one of the worst teams in the league and C Marcin Gortat gave us insight as to why earlier today.
“We are missing character,’ Gortat said. ‘We are missing just strong minds in the team. We are just weak, mentally weak basically. We just need more talent. We need more athletic, energetic guys and people who want to compete and fight.’ [...] ‘But like I said, that’s a decision to make by the people in the front office. I’m just going to look at myself and try to correct my mistakes and try to be better next year.’
‘At the end of the day, it’s all about the player,’ he said. ‘If you don’t feel that you’ve got to work, if you feel comfortable that somebody’s coming into your house and punking your ass by 30 points every night, it’s not right. It’s just not right. I’ve been in the league six years now and I’ve never been in a situation like that … I tried at least to approach a few younger players during the season,’ he said. ‘I don’t think I had the impact. I don’t think as a player, a six-year veteran, I have that impact yet. Definitely Jermaine O’Neal was the guy that was trying to convince a lot of the young guys to perform better. But I’ve got to tell you, when I was making it in the league, I was listening. I was listening and I had a lot of great veterans, I had a lot of great strong-minded people on the team. If I had tried to act like a smart-ass, or I tried to pretend like I know everything or understand everything, I’d get slapped in the head automatically, and [Stan Van Gundy in Orlando] would bring me back to earth. Like I said, I grew up in a great system. These young guys, there’s a lot of young guys who just think they’re better than they really are.’”
“We are missing character,’ Gortat said. ‘We are missing just strong minds in the team. We are just weak, mentally weak basically. We just need more talent. We need more athletic, energetic guys and people who want to compete and fight.’ [...] ‘But like I said, that’s a decision to make by the people in the front office. I’m just going to look at myself and try to correct my mistakes and try to be better next year.’
‘At the end of the day, it’s all about the player,’ he said. ‘If you don’t feel that you’ve got to work, if you feel comfortable that somebody’s coming into your house and punking your ass by 30 points every night, it’s not right. It’s just not right. I’ve been in the league six years now and I’ve never been in a situation like that … I tried at least to approach a few younger players during the season,’ he said. ‘I don’t think I had the impact. I don’t think as a player, a six-year veteran, I have that impact yet. Definitely Jermaine O’Neal was the guy that was trying to convince a lot of the young guys to perform better. But I’ve got to tell you, when I was making it in the league, I was listening. I was listening and I had a lot of great veterans, I had a lot of great strong-minded people on the team. If I had tried to act like a smart-ass, or I tried to pretend like I know everything or understand everything, I’d get slapped in the head automatically, and [Stan Van Gundy in Orlando] would bring me back to earth. Like I said, I grew up in a great system. These young guys, there’s a lot of young guys who just think they’re better than they really are.’”
Saturday, April 13, 2013
NBA Q&A: Marcin Gortat
Courtesy of Paul Coro
Question: What things have you started doing to pass the time during your rehabilitation period?
Question: What things have you started doing to pass the time during your rehabilitation period?
Answer: Clash of Clans (an online strategy game). You build your own village, and you have to protect your resources. Channing (Frye) is the master of that. I just started, so I’m trying to catch up. You have to come up with different things to do to pass time. It’s hard to do. I’m on the 33rd level, but he’s on like the 68th level. I wish to be in his clan, but I can’t be.
Q: What else are you doing?
A: I visited my dentist for all the work I was supposed to do in the summer. I checked broadcasting and how it is to be a host in the studio. I realized I will never be a guy working in TV because you have to lie all the time and you can’t be honest. I check my portfolio to see how my investments are doing. I spend time with my girlfriend and family and take care of my foundation. I watch the game from a different perspective. I spend the time behind the scenes to realize how people are talking about the game and how we are performing. It was [a] great experience, and I learned a lot. I’ve spent a lot of time with (Suns Vice President of Player Programs) Mark West, who inspired me in many different directions. We talk about what I need to do to be a better player, and we built a plan for me for the summer. Now it’s up to me to follow it. I’m going to try to study the game more this summer. I’m pumped up for the summer. It’s going to be the most important summer in my life because I’m going to be a free agent (in 2014).
Q: What are you going to do about playing with the Polish national team?
A: In the worst case, I might take a break that’s six months. That’s going to be almost impossible to do.
Q: How did you wind up flying out more kids from your Poland camp to Phoenix this year?
A: We had a competition that the one best kid from all the camps came to a finals camp. We had those eight compete in a skills competition just like the All-Star Game. I had two favorite guys. I thought they were going to win. I put too much pressure on them and they burned and ended up fourth and eighth. I made a mistake. They started crying because they lost. I felt bad and I wanted to fix it quick, so I said all eight kids are going to fly for the NBA game. It was initially supposed to be only the first guy. I announced that in front of 3,000 people, and my manager lost his mind. We found investors and sponsors, and the Suns organization was kind enough to give us tickets, jerseys and T-shirts for them. It was really, really nice. We made a dream come true.
Q: Did you have them over to your house?
A: Not even close. My privacy is one of the most important things. I don’t do interviews at home or bring people there. Only my closest friends and my family enter my area. I don’t post private pictures.
Q: Did you try any other activity you could do without basketball?
A: I couldn’t really do anything. The first three days, I thought I needed a few days and I’d be fine. I put a cast on and thought it’d be a week. From Day 1, everyone is saying I’d be out at least four to six weeks. I was like, “Nah, that’s impossible. I know my body.” I took my cast off after a week or 10 days, and my foot was disgusting. It was swollen. I couldn’t feel it. It was super bad. I had pain.
Q: How did you take the cast off a day early on your own?
A: Just with my bare hands, a screwdriver and some wire scissors. I fought that cast for a few good hours, but I got it off. I knew then that I was probably done for four or five weeks.
Q: What did you learn about the behind-the-scenes aspect of the NBA?
A: All the games are about business. I learned that from Jermaine (O’Neal) with how he approaches it. You better perform and show what you can do. I know how people are talking about different players on the team right now. When you have two or three games that you’re not performing, you get the rumors of “I don’t think we need this guy” and “I think we’re going to trade this guy.” Those guys don’t hear it or know it, but you don’t want to be in that situation.
Wednesday, February 20, 2013
The Josh Smith rumors continue
The Phoenix Suns have now offered Marcin Gortat, Jared Dudley, and a 1st round pick for the services of Josh Smith of the Atlanta Hawks.
Thunder to make trade?
Reports are indicating that in another cost cutting move, the OKC Thunder have had discussions with the Phoenix Suns about the availability of Marcin Gortat. The Thunder are looking to trade away Kendrick Perkins and/or Eric Maynor.
Tuesday, January 15, 2013
Gortat talks getting dunked on by Durant
"What can we do? Um, I don’t know,’ Phoenix center Marcin Gortat said afterward. ‘I am going to be silly right now, but maybe break his (Durant’s) arm, break his leg? You can’t do anything. You can double and triple him, he is still going to score. He is just amazing. We basically lost to Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. These two guys were just outstanding and they played great.’ [...] ‘First of all I was looking for my keys underneath the basket,’ he said. ‘I lost them over there. I ain’t going to cry,’ he continued. ‘It’s part of the game. I already knew what was going on when he took off. I didn’t even lift my hands. I just tried to get out of the picture or at least smile.’ [...] ‘I ain’t going to deny; that was probably one of the top three dunks of the year,’ Gortat said.
Monday, November 26, 2012
Gortat rejects extension
Phoenix Suns center Marcin Gortat recently revealed that he turned down a multi year contract extension from the franchise.
“We just said we’re going to wait,” Gortat said. “I want to finish this contract, and we’ll see where I go from there. It didn’t even bother me or change anything in my attitude or performance. The thing I’m concentrating is coming back to dominating the game and getting back to being a defensive spark.”
“We just said we’re going to wait,” Gortat said. “I want to finish this contract, and we’ll see where I go from there. It didn’t even bother me or change anything in my attitude or performance. The thing I’m concentrating is coming back to dominating the game and getting back to being a defensive spark.”
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