Carroll Dawson
Carroll Dawson
Carroll Dawson is a retired American assistant coach and general manager in the National Basketball Association. He worked for the Houston Rockets franchise for twenty-seven years until announcing his retirement in 2007...
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He's a perfect fit. He's going to stretch the court for us. He has speed and over the top scoring ability. There are a lot of things that you can talk about a long time with him concerning his ability, talent and athleticism.
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We think we've added another top-line piece of the puzzle and a great talent. To get a guy like this I feel very blessed. There are many ways that this guy can help our team win basketball games.
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We think this gives Gerald a good opportunity to get some valuable playing time and continue working on his game.
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We like his energy, size and I think he'll be a very good defender under Jeff (Van Gundy) and the coaching staff. He can be effective in the paint and he proved on the summer team that he is a much better shooter than people thought he was. We feel fortunate to have him signed.
fully good happen healthy next
We'll get by this. We've got some things that are going to happen this summer. We get to fully healthy next year, this is going to be a very, very good team.
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Our whole team and coaching staff talked (after the losses to Phoenix) about wanting to play our hardest and most intelligent game, and whatever happened after that, we could live with it,
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(Lampe is) a guy who moves his feet well. He can play outside. He's got an outside shot and he's very active. He's not your basic post-up paint guy. He's good on high pick-and-roll, side pick-and-roll, a pick-and-pop guy and he's got some bulk to him.
add anytime defense improves lets shot team
I think that anytime you can add another shot blocker to a team it improves your defense and lets you be more aggressive.
cast fixed people takes
It can be fixed two ways. You could just put a cast on it, but it takes forever. The thing most people do is have the surgery.
check good time
He said he was sore. Right now was a good time to check it out. We always do that with every player. If they tell you anything is hurting, you check it out.
copy criticism drafting everybody excited league sure took towers tried twin
We took a lot of criticism for drafting Hakeem when we already had Ralph. But we were excited about the Twin Towers concept. We were pretty sure it could work, and once it did, everybody around the league tried to copy it.
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From what I've been told, everything went as well as you would expect and would hope. We'll just let Yao get over the surgery and give him the best possible treatment to assist his recovery.
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He can play the one, two or three, and we've talked about the four or five, ... You can find a bunch (of playing time) for a guy who can play like that. He can even rebound. If you're going up against a Josh Howard in the playoffs, you need somebody that's 6-5. He's a perfect fit for us.
both good happy
We were happy with both of them. They did a good job.