Ryan Gomes
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"Ryan Anthony Gomes" is an American professional basketball forward (basketball)/forward who last played for Saski Baskonia/Laboral Kutxa of the Liga ACB.

Gomes was named an All-American Power forward (basketball)/power forward at Providence College. Gomes was selected with the 50th overall pick in the 2005 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics.

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It's not a concern for me, ... I just have to show them that I'm a player, no matter what people want to call me. I think I'll fit in fine if I just do what I know I can.

That's encouraging to me, ... A lot of guys here emerged and showed they can be great players in this league early. Whether I play a lot or play a little, I don't know. But I'm going to go in there and try to earn minutes.

Against Chicago, we laid back a little too much. At home, you can't do that.

I heard it's a little bit more difficult now because of the passing vision because Peyton Manning's window is so big but all the other quarterbacks windows are not that big, ... You just got to get used to it.

I've been playing since '93 so that's the game I play the most, ... I make sure I get it every year. It was on Genesis in '93, '94 and '95. That's when you could get Walter Payton; you could get Chicago '85, no problem. You couldn't tackle 'Sweetness.'

Go out like an Olympic wrestler and leave your shoes on the court.

Everyone was going to the ball. We were not moving without the ball. We weren't getting anything towards the basket, we kept on moving east to west instead of north to south.

Some days I wake up and have to go to class and think, If I had left, I wouldn't have to worry about this stuff.

I felt like I was a part of the team when I went to summer league, but they say once it's in writing it's really official, so I'm happy I got that over and done with, ... Now I can just focus on working out and getting ready to produce for this team, so I can show them that they made the right decision.