Brent Petway
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"Brenton "Brent" LaJames Petway" (born ) is an American professional basketball player for Olympiacos B.C./Olympiacos of the Greek Basket League/Greek League. Because of his leaping and dunking ability, he has been given the nickname "Air Georgia (U.S. state)/Georgia". This is similar to Vince Carter, who was nicknamed Air Canada, while playing for the Toronto Raptors.

Petway won the inaugural NBA D-League 2008 NBA All-Star Game#Slam Dunk Contest/Slam Dunk Contest, at 2008 NBA All-Star Game#D-League Dream Factory Friday Night/D-League Dream Factory Friday Night, on February 15, during the 2008 NBA All-Star Game/2008 NBA All-Star Game Weekend. Petway defeated his Idaho Stampede teammate, Mike Taylor (basketball)/Mike Taylor, in the finals, with an alley-oop, through-the-legs dunk. In October 2010, he became a member of the world famous Harlem Globetrotters, under the name Thunder Petway.

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It was a fun game to play in and there were a lot of big plays being made and I tried to give our team a lift. It was just tough that someone has to lose all the time.

It was just an instance where two competitors were playing each other hard. And sometimes things can get a little haywire. I just have to do a better job controlling myself.

It's two competitors playing hard. Me and him, we're the same type of player. We like to bring a lot of energy, and we were both just playing hard. Sometimes energy can turn and get a little haywire.

That's what's disappointing about our performance today. We had a veteran team, seniors leading. ... (But) we weren't there for the whole game. ... You've got to have that if you're supposed be a good team.

I knew it would be like that, a hostile environment, so I was ready for it. But it wasn't that bad.

It was just one of those incidents where two competitors are playing hard. It went a little haywire. I have to control myself better.