Austin Croshere
Austin Croshere
Austin Nathan Croshereis a retired American professional basketball player and current college basketball analyst for Fox Sports 1...
attitude came coming everybody late loss upset
It's kind of late to say, but make a stand. Everybody is really upset with the way we've been playing, coming off an embarrassing loss in Detroit. Everybody came in with a different attitude tonight.
best eight everybody late lost upset
It's kind of late (in the season) but we need to make a stand. I think everybody is really upset with the way we've been playing. When you've lost eight out of (ten), culminating with the blow-out (Sunday), the best thing to do is get back to basics.
best gets legs nice player
It's nice to have our best player back. We know what he can do when he gets his legs under him.
problem
It's kind of been our problem lately. We continually end up having to play out of a hole.
career case cut doubt family gets great jonathan man move obviously opportunity people potential practice saw shame short sorry time
It's a shame he never really got the opportunity to show people what he can do. We obviously saw glimpses of it in practice and in games. Obviously, the potential for him was unlimited. Any time a career gets cut short you feel sorry for him and that's obviously the case for Jonathan but he's a well-rounded young man who's got a great family and there's no doubt he'll be able to move on with his life.
athletics capable career chance cut fair gave knee people problems remember sad stage
It wasn't him that gave in, it was his knee that gave out. He never really got a fair chance. I remember him having these problems from day one. It's sad to see anybody's career cut short. He never got a chance to show people on a big stage what he was capable of. It's a very frustrating thing for any athlete.
advantage against build character game great hard loss mistakes opportunity san tomorrow
It's hard to really build on this one. We have a big character game tomorrow against San Antonio, another great team, off a loss like this. But it is an opportunity to make up for the mistakes we made tonight, and we have to take advantage of that.
rubs
The thing he did (Monday), the things he did in this game, that rubs off on everybody.
beyond career eighth matter nine playoff position row stay straight
I've been .500 or better my whole career so to do that nine straight years in a row would be important for me. I think, beyond that, it's really just a matter of playoff seeding at this point; do anything to stay out of that eighth position would be the goal.
holding revolves spit together
So much of what we do offensively revolves around Jermaine. Without him, you're holding it together with spit and glue.
gamble guys passing players size teams type veteran
Teams that don't have the size or the established type veteran players make up for it with the energy, and those guys play the passing lanes and gamble and go for steals.
change hard key quick stopping teams
Teams key in stopping Jermaine when they come into the game, but things change a lot when he's not in the lineup. It's hard for them to make quick adjustments like that.
anybody bench certainly eight fun games happier headed last less playing pretending problems time
The last two games, we're playing better, happier for each other, more assists and less turnovers. It's fun to be out there. It's fun to be on the bench for the first time in a while. I certainly think things are headed in the right direction. But it doesn't take away from the problems we've had. I don't think anybody is pretending the last eight games didn't exist.