Bernie Bickerstaff
Bernie Bickerstaff
Bernard Tyrone "Bernie" Bickerstaffis an American basketball coach. He previously worked as the head coach for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Washington Bullets/Wizards, Charlotte Bobcats, and Los Angeles Lakers. He has also been an assistant for the Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He has served in numerous other NBA front office positions, and has been a consultant for the Harlem Globetrotters...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 February 1944
gave points
We gave up 25 points off those 21 turnovers. And our backcourt was 5-for-29 from the field.
above again allow hard mountain recognize sitting top
We made it hard again. We're sitting on top of the mountain again and we don't recognize it. We allow little things to take us out of it. We have to be above those things.
days sum
We can sum it up real easy. Coaches, players, we were just real bad. It's just that simple. There's nothing we could have done. It was one of those days where we just kind of fumigated the place. We were not very good.
caught ethic extremely fortunate great hard injury minor percent regular sean season work
We are fortunate that this was a minor injury and caught early. Sean has a great work ethic and we know he will work extremely hard to be back to 100 percent when the regular season begins.
anybody easy fighting intensity life match playoff saw stopping team terms
What you saw was a team that was fighting for their life in terms of the playoff situation. We didn't match their intensity on defense. We weren't stopping anybody on the other end. They were penetrating and getting easy shots.
falls great work
He's 7 feet. He can shoot. He has a great work ethic, ... If he falls on his face, I can live with that.
decisions giving guys opportunity room stepping
The 11 guys in that room are giving it everything they've got and their decisions are good. And guys who have not had an opportunity before are stepping up and performing.
ludicrous raymond
That was ludicrous that he wasn't in that game. If you see Raymond play, there's no way he shouldn't have been on that team.
ahead came continue crossover full miss raymond step straight turned
That was an eye-opening move. He said 'welcome,' ... To not miss a step on that crossover and continue to go straight ahead at full speed. Raymond did the right thing. He just turned around and came back up court.
ball everybody hesitation shot tonight
(Carroll) shot it without hesitation tonight and that's important. What's more important is they were getting him the ball and he should have had the ball. When he has the ball or when he comes off a screen, that makes it better for everybody else.
book forgets profit wrote
He probably forgets he wrote a book for profit and (revealed everybody's confidences). So he has no credibility.
awful portland
I don't want to take anything away from Portland because they did what they had to. But that was an awful performance. We should collectively be embarrassed.
commitment group terms
Collectively, the group has been what we wanted them to be in terms of that commitment to effort.
appreciate commitment franchise gave great last opportunity stand team
This is a great opportunity for him to play for a team that is vying for a championship. We didn't want to stand in his way, and we appreciate the professionalism and commitment he gave to our franchise last season.