Dwane Casey
Dwane Casey
Dwane Caseyis an American basketball coach. He is the current head coach of the NBA's Toronto Raptors. Casey is also a former NCAA basketball player and coach, having played and coached there for over a decade before moving on to the NBA...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth17 April 1957
game sunday trying win
I'd like to see what the game brings. We're going in trying to win the game. I'm not going out trying to have a tryout. We'll do that Sunday in practice.
quality shots takes walk
I'd like to see if he can get up 20 shots. You can't just walk through that and get that many shots up, quality shots. To get 20 quality shots, it takes work.
happy nobody playing taylor video
Nobody should be happy with the way we're playing right now, from Mr. Taylor all the way on down to our video guy.
competition continues good job lose point team wrong
Right now, Marcus is our point guard. Marko continues to work. I think that competition makes your team better. Right now, Marcus is doing a good job and has done nothing wrong to lose his position.
four point tough
Right now it's not balanced. It's going to be tough to play four point guards.
best coming hurt looking phoenix playing ready recognize saw small tonight transition
One thing that hurt us tonight was our transition defense. They were playing a small lineup and we didn't recognize that they were coming down and looking for the 3-point line. If you're not ready to get back in transition, it's going to be a long night. We saw the best of Phoenix tonight.
came heart minutes situations superstar
My heart came up into my throat. That's why you only play your superstar between 20 and 25 minutes in the preseason. Those are situations you want to avoid.
bad felt judge players rid tough
I felt for him, just because he's one of my players and he's going through a tough situation. I didn't judge him, saying, 'He's a bad guy. Let's get rid of him.' No I didn't.
fred kid line party people sure wants wish
I feel for Fred. He's like the little kid that wants to go in the party and play but can't. I told Fred I wish we hadn't amnestied him. ... I'm sure he's going to have a long line of people after him.
happen head seen year
To have it all happen in one year is interesting in my first year as a head coach. But it's nothing I haven't seen before.
focus mental road trying
You have to have focus on the road and a mental toughness, that's what we're trying to find.
playing
We always want to have hope. Mathematically, we're still alive, so we're still playing for something.
ahead approach beginning coming far habits letting man matured nba talking work
Well, he's coming along. He's letting his play do his talking now. He's just matured as a young man and matured to the NBA game. His approach and his work habits are far, far ahead of where he was at the beginning of the year.
coming confidence excellent execute game rhythm start
Tonight, we had an excellent start to the game. But you have to play the game the right way. You have to execute for 48 minutes, because if you don't, you don't have the confidence and the rhythm coming down the stretch.