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
backed close gets guys point seen wagon
You've seen guys when it gets to this point of the season, the wagon has already been backed up to the door. We're going to close it out like professionals.
seen
This is getting ridiculous. I've never seen anything like this.
courage
I don't have the courage to inquire right now.
good patient played
My hat's off to Keith. He really played well for us tonight. My conversations to Keith have been to be patient and to be a good teammate.
built difficult franchise loyalty sure wants
I am sure it's difficult for him. Out of loyalty to his teammates, I am sure he wants to be out there and be a part of the franchise that is being built around him.
ability locker phil room
Phil has that ability (to judge). He was in our locker room ? at our games.
consensus east guys high nba ncaa past players ranked school seen six top tournament
Peoria, Connecticut, Atlanta, ... I've got the Big East tournament on Thursday, the ACC on Friday, the SEC on Saturday. Then we've got the NCAA tournament. We've had guys out for the past six months. We've seen all the consensus top high school guys. We've been to Europe. We've ranked all the NBA players from all 29 teams. We've got guys everywhere.
issue last wrong
I would be wrong if I said I hadn't thought about it. There's been some thought that this could be the last game. But it's not that big an issue to me because it's not that important.
half points pole south
Seventy-four points at the half - that's like being at the South Pole for us.
teams
Most teams that you have, they have one or two go-to guys. They've got a go-to team.
detroit teams
Most teams have a go-to guy. Detroit has a go-to team.
good
I can't divulge that. My credibility's on the line. There's a good possibility they made the right decision.
draft help project strong
We need a scorer. It doesn't need to be a shooter, but it's got to be a scorer. There's a lot of help out there. I'm comfortable with that. ... What we project as our needs, (the 2006 draft should be) strong at that.
benefits call difficulty evolve guys obviously sitting tough watch wondering
Obviously it's always very difficult. It has its benefits because we watch guys evolve and they get an opportunity. But where the difficulty comes in is all the things you've implemented you can't do, especially offensively. That's the tough part when you're sitting there and you're wondering what to call and how to call it. That's the challenge.