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
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I'm very encouraged. If you put a 15-year coach in this situation, they probably wouldn't be as patient, but I understand that ... it takes time.
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I just want to coach basketball. I don't want to worry about the salary cap and agents calling.
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It's the NBA; everything's fair. If (the trade) doesn't work, it's on my shoulders. I take that responsibility, against a short amount of practice time. But it's the job of myself and my coaching staff to make it work.
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I was early (in the program's integration). I can remember a lot of times (recognizing) that it was a big thing to be a minority at the University of Kentucky. But it's totally changed now. They've got a black head coach (Tubby Smith).
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Kevin has never said, 'I don't like who we have, I don't like you as a coach, I don't want this coach. I've known Kevin for a while. He and I hit it off right from the start. To say there's not going to be bumps in the road - there's always going to be bumps in the road in any relationship. But it's always a matter of respect. Like I told him the first time I met him, if there's one player in this league that I would pay to watch play, it would be him. Because he brings it every night.
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From a coaching standpoint, I would say I would like to have other players involved. He's a great player, you can't take that away from him. It's entertaining, it's good for the league. Whether it's good for his teammates, I don't know.
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We're coaching to win first. Development will come along with that. I'm trying to create an environment of professionalism, working hard, playing hard.
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I'm sure his name will come up. He has great value around the league. But I like him. He was the key to the trade, I think.
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I like our group. The positive energy, the speed and quickness. We've got to continue to work and get better.
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It's something you cannot take lightly at all. And I don't take it lightly.
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Eddie Griffin had a great game. He did an excellent job of protecting the paint and playing big.
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Everybody's going to make a run and when they did, we didn't collapse. It's not fun losing the lead, but the important thing is that we didn't give in.
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That is unforgivable. If you give 50 points in the paint to a team, you are not playing very much defense and that is the most disappointing thing of all.
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That is unforgivable. Giving up 50 points in the paint means you're not playing much defense. That's what was most disappointing. If you get 100 points, that's enough to win. Tonight everyone was a culprit. They exploited all of us.