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
Bernie Bickerstaff quotes about
fanfare last resilient
What a resilient group. After last night, all the fanfare today. ... I don't know where they got it from.
concern hang surrender tonight
What they did tonight was make shots. I think it's significant that they would hang in there and not surrender because that was a concern of a lot of people.
ghosts great guys perform quality remind special stage
When you play here in the Garden, it always has that special quality to it. The ghosts are still here. We try to remind the young guys that this is a great stage to perform on.
basketball common defensive giving guys hit indication mental minutes played team wall
We've hit the wall as a team. Our guys have played a lot of minutes and were having mental lapses, and the common things we just didn't get done. It was an indication of a basketball team that has hit the wall. We were giving it up on the defensive end and we were really lacking.
afraid anthem couple eight hand looked national nine played saw shots trouble
When we looked down during the national anthem and saw nine guys, we anticipated trouble. That's what I was afraid of all day. They played like we've played when we've been down and just have eight or nine. They made some unbelievable shots with a hand in their face. There were a couple of possessions that we just couldn't come up with the ball.
opportunity
The opportunity was there. Offensively we were lethargic.
ball guys three
Those three guys are pretty good. When you've got three guys who can score, you can put the ball in their hands.
cover great reports scouting trying
We're trying to cover all the scenarios, all the possibilities, ... The one thing we've had is time. That's been the great thing. We've got scouting reports on everybody.
bone bruise continuing course expect fully good heal injury letting news originally patient season term tremendous
The good news is that this is a different injury than we originally thought, but it is still an injury we have to let take its course in recovery. Gerald is having a tremendous season and we expect him continuing that when he returns, but we will be patient in letting his bone bruise heal fully and keep the long term in our minds.
rush time
We can't rush him, he's going to take his time and do it right.
five
We have five (big men) out, they have Jermaine.
ability added build charlotte chose continue dimensions excited free last matt return several strong team throw work
We are excited that Matt chose to return to Charlotte and continue to build upon last year's start, ... Matt added several dimensions to our team with his long-range shooting, toughness, strong work ethic, rebounding and ability to get to the free throw line.
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.
hold medical people putting
It's the medical people that are putting a hold on him.