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
ad basically group job nice
We have to ad lib, which is basically what we've been doing. The group has done a nice job adjusting. We have to do different things with different personnel.
hard mountain recognize sit top
We make it hard sometimes. We sit on top of the mountain and don't recognize what you need to do.
good guys home loose mental mistakes paid playing ran steam third tired
We made mistakes and paid for them in the third quarter. We had our opportunities and we just didn't get to the loose balls. Guys get tired and when they do, they make mental mistakes. We just ran out of steam playing a good team on their home floor.
consummate looking player team work
He had to really work for it tonight. He didn't really get anything in bundles. He had to really work for it, but being the consummate team player that he is, he was looking for his teammates.
work
He had to really work for it tonight. He didn't get anything in bundles.
affected lift quickness
He had no lift and his quickness was affected on post-up stuff.
finishing selection shot
He has been very efficient. His shot selection has been much better and he's finishing going to the basket.
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,
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.
message nice start
The message is, we had a nice run, now let's start it again.
basketball difference worthy
If there's something worthy and makes a difference in your basketball team, you have to have the flexibility to do it. That's where we are.