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
finishing selection shot
He has been very efficient. His shot selection has been much better and he's finishing going to the basket.
issue time
He doesn't want to take time off, I know. But I have to issue some kind of edict where he doesn't show up.
ball basically difficult pay touch
He made some very difficult shots. That ball basically didn't touch the rim and that is what they pay him for.
needed plays
He needed to make those plays in the end to make up for some of those things he didn't get done early.
anybody break house lock needs somewhere
He was really grimacing. Primo needs this break as much as anybody here. We need to lock him up in a house somewhere so he can't get to a gym.
coaching teammates
The only thing that never wavered was his teammates and the coaching staff,
critical decisions deficits four games good last took
It all boiled to down to decisions. I think at critical junctures we made some pretty good decisions. In our last four games we had deficits and then we took the lead, but we haven't made good decisions when we've had the ball.
agree appreciation easy guys hard help level people skill stigma takes teams
Well, it's important and what it does is help our players. That there's an appreciation for what we do. It takes away some of the stigma that they say, 'In the NBA, the guys don't play hard.' I don't agree with that. Teams play hard in this league. You get out there and try to play 82 games. I just think these guys make it look so easy because of their skill level that people think they're just going through the motions.
anybody basketball feels guys locker mistake pick possession secure worse
We had it, we just didn't secure it. We had a possession there, all we had to do was pick the basketball up. It was a mistake of commission. They (Milwaukee) went and got it and I don't think anybody feels any worse than the guys in that locker room.
ball bounce call few good guys last looks shoot took
We had two good looks in the last few seconds. You had guys who shoot the ball from the outside, and shoot it well, that took the shots. Call it the bounce of the basketball.
cautious
We have been very cautious with our players. That is our policy. We try to look to the future.
boy good strong
You know what he's good at? He can make shots, and boy he must have a strong chest.
conversation game teammates tonight
You know what he did first tonight was get his teammates involved. I had a conversation with him before the game and I told him I wanted him to play with passion. You have to be who you are.
tired
We got tired and we started to make mistakes. And we just didn't make shots.