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
focus mental road trying
You have to have focus on the road and a mental toughness, that's what we're trying to find.
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.
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I think right now Fred is just trying to decide what he wants to do, whether he wants to coach, be in the front office or play. I think he could do all three. He still can make shots. He's very knowledgeable of the NBA to be in the front office or to be a coach. It's a good dilemma to have.
focus mental toughness trying
I think you have to have a focus on the road, a mental toughness on the road, that I think we're trying to find. That's the story of our season.
along coaching create environment playing trying win
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.
defensive figure great guys night offensive player sets spent trying
He's a one-man wrecking crew. We spent the whole night trying to figure out the offensive sets around where he was on the play. He's a great player. He's one of the guys you have to think about for Defensive Player of the Year.
create environment hard playing trying
I'm trying to create an environment of professionalism, working hard and playing hard.
growing harder hopefully learn nobody trying
That's growing pains. Hopefully Marcus will learn from it; nobody was trying harder than he was.
balls build deserved diving guys trying winning
These are young guys and we're trying to win. For me to build a winning environment, you have to try to win every night. These guys were scratching and diving for balls and they deserved to win.
dress improve intentions race trying whatsoever
I don't think the commissioner had any race intentions whatsoever with the new dress code. I just think he's trying to improve the image.
rainbow storm ends
There is a rainbow at the end of the storm.
effort tonight lasts
Tonight was a disappointing effort. I thought we competed the last three quarters but in the first quarter we did not compete, we participated, and that's not acceptable.
games kevin too-much
I thought we came out with too much respect at the beginning of the game and were on our heels instead of coming out attacking the way we did the last few games without Ricky and Kevin.
playing
We always want to have hope. Mathematically, we're still alive, so we're still playing for something.