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Notes and quotes from hoops summer conference

  • Ginyard on Ty Lawson, Ellington and Green's return to UNC: "There was a huge celebration, actually, we had an ice cream cake; it was great (laughs). No, but, they just came back, and we just started working out again. It was nothing special, you know."
  • Green on announcing his return: "No, there was no big moment for us. I think it was probably a big moment for you guys and a big moment for everybody else, but not for us. It was just us coming back to school and playing ball, doing what we like to do."
  • Ellington on the fans' negative reactions to his potential leaving on message boards: "You can't really take that stuff personally. Fans want us to stay, and they can't always see both sides. "I don't even look at the message boards; I don't even know why Ty does. That could be anyone - it could be a Duke fan, man."
  • Green on the personality test he took for NBA teams: "What did I learn about my personality? I mean, I didn't learn anything, I know what kind of personality I have. They never gave me back the results, but for the most part, they learned that I was a good kid and that I was OK, I guess."
  • Frasor on his least favorite rehab activity: "There was this one circuit where I'd have to ride a bike with no seat, no handlebars, just a cycle bike, and (trainer Jonas Sahratian) would crank up the intensity so I'm falling all over the place. And then I would go up on this ladder, then I would do defensive slides, and then come and run in place on a trampoline. And we'd do that four or five times."
  • Ginyard on the new recruit with the most personality: "Larry Drew probably will be the one that's gonna step out of those four. So it's gonna be interesting to watch that. . He's just starting to open up his shell and doing whatever else he's going to do - God knows what that's gonna be."
  • Thompson on having two Tylers on the team next season: "I just call him Zells. It's easier than Tyler Zellers, so, just call him Zells, that's what I've been calling him lately. I think it's starting to catch on."
  • Frasor on Ed Davis: "Ed, he's got a real cool sense about him. You know, Coach Williams says he doesn't like cool, so he'll correct that in the first couple weeks."
  • Hansbrough on the team's roof-jumping escapades: "We're in college. That was fun to me. We're not going to make the best decisions all the time, but who does? "The coaches didn't say much; they just laughed at me."
  • Green on next year's lineup and his dancing: "I mean, I don't know. It depends. It depends on the starting lineup - I mean if I'm starting, of course I won't be able to dance. We'll see what happens."
  • Frasor on expectations his freshman year and this year: "It's like night and day, I guess. Freshman year, where Sports Illustrated and people weren't picking us to be in the NCAA Tournament, and we finished second in the ACC and were a three seed. "That year it was fun to prove people wrong. This year, hopefully we can prove people right, when they're picking us to be number one."
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