<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Dallas --- Jason Terry had just doused the Phoenix Suns' final gasp for a rally, nailing a 3-point shot to extend the Dallas Mavericks' lead to 12 with just over five minutes remaining in their eventual victory in Game 4 of this Western Conference semifinal Sunday. "Remember, dude, you're not a winner," Terry jokingly could have said to himself after making the backbreaker. "Remember, a nice player on a bad team is all I've been, trash that doesn't stink, but trash no less." For five years, Terry tried to help the Hawks ascend from their established place amid the NBA's muck, but he couldn't, just like others before and after him who have been part of the endless rebuilding process. The constant losing hurt, but Terry didn't know how much it hurt him until he was set free last summer, traded to Dallas for Antoine Walker. "I was viewed as a loser," said Terry, the 10th overall pick in 1999 out of Arizona. "He doesn't know how to win. Doesn't do what it takes to win. You hear all the stereotypes. Deep down you know how hard you work, you know your attitude, so you try not to buy into that stuff but you hear it. "It's unfair but, at the same time, it goes with being that type of player. Can you take your team to the next level and make players around you better? I wasn't able to do that in Atlanta. Here, with a lot of good players around, I'm just another piece to the puzzle." </div> Source
