Flip Saunders
Flip Saunders
Philip Daniel "Flip" Saunderswas an American basketball player and coach. During his career, he coached the Minnesota Timberwolves, Detroit Pistons, and Washington Wizards...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 February 1955
CityCleveland, OH
bit reach until wait
He's been so barraged by things right now. I want to wait a little bit until things all are done and then I'll reach out to him.
aggressive chance effective far guy guys himself impact learning player plays seems
He seems to be pretty effective and I think that he's a guy that has a chance to be an impact player in this league. He's still pretty young, learning things. But he plays with a lot of aggressiveness, which is something I love, guys who are aggressive as far as defensively. And he can make plays not only for himself but for other people.
felt hits needed played
He should be OK, but we felt he'll take enough hits on Thursday. He could have played if we needed him.
aggressive defense five game gets gotten improved last pressure seconds shoot shots watching
He's gotten really aggressive and he's making big shots. Watching them play a lot, he gets a lot of shots in the last five seconds of games. He will put pressure on your defense because he can shoot the three, but he's also improved his game getting to the basket.
hits next
He's going to get enough punishment, hits and bruises next game.
bench weight
He's going to be bench pressing a lot of weight come Wednesday.
ankle sit today
He's better today than he was Tuesday, and you don't want to sit him out and have the ankle get weaker.
He's better than I thought he would be. And I thought he'd be pretty good.
bit conserve energy few gets guys last thinks tries
He's been like that the last few games. I like when he's a bit more aggressive. A part of it is he tries to conserve energy when he thinks he has to and gets other guys going.
bigger plays
He's been good. He's a wide-bodied guy. He's undersized, but he plays bigger than he is.
bigger plays
He's been good, ... He's a wide-bodied guy. He's undersized, but he plays bigger than he is.
games player solid
He's been a solid player in all 29 games we've played.
ball basketball care chances early forced locked score took turn
We locked down defensively to get the lead. We got to do what we wanted to do offensively. We didn't turn the ball over. We forced turnovers early and turnovers late. We took care of the basketball and didn't give them chances to score out of our offense.
beat breathing contest great job jump looks position produce reasons rip team teams top
Rip did a great job and Redd didn't have a lot of breathing room. One of the reasons we aren't a big fouling team is that we don't produce a lot of steals. We don't jump out and we don't gamble. We play position defense. That's why so often our man-to-man looks like a zone. We try to make teams beat us over the top and contest every shot.