Basketballer Adonal Foyle is looking with greater expectancy, to the 2006-2007 NBA with the Golden State Warriors.
Foyleâs has been given limited time on the court during his nine years in the professional league.
âThereâs a lot more that I can do with my game at the defensive end,â Foyle admitted.{{more}}
âGiven the condition of our team and the playersâ set up and what each player can do, I donât get the opportunity to do that,â he charged.
âI think itâs my job to continue to push the envelope that the totality of my game is displayed on the court,â Foyle affirmed.
Foyle is hopeful that his struggling Warriors can make a better showing and at least make it to the playoff this time around.
âWe need to make the playoffs next year; we need to put each other on the line, saying if we donât make the playoffs we all need to just go,â he stated with gusto.
âWe need to become a better team; we need to win and put it together on the court and get results,â the 6-foot 10-inch centre said.
The Warriors have not made the playoffs for the past 12 years.
Foyleâs NBA career, which has been truncated for two seasons by injury, shows him appearing in 593 matches with an on-court average playing time of just under 20 minutes.
The Canouan-born Foyle entered the NBA in 1997 as the No.8 draft pick following a three-year college career with Colgate.
He renewed his contract in 2000 and 2004.
His 492 career blocks are an NCAA record and he is the third player in NCAAâs history to accumulate 1,700 points, 1,000 rebounds and 450 block shots in a college career.
Foyle holds the Warriorsâ all-time shot blocker record.
Foyle was spotted in Dominica in 1990 by two college professors while he was participating in the annual Windward Islands Secondary Schoolsâ Games. He moved to New York and attended the Hamilton High School where he spearheaded the basketball team to their first two state championships, before enrolling with Colgate in 1994.
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August 18, 2006
Foyle looking for more playing time