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
area ball bit couple improvement involved less move pass people quick reasons runs shots though took won
We took, I thought, too many quick shots. We took 50 shots with one pass or less out of 75 shots, which for us is way too many. And that's one of the reasons we only had 17 assists. Even though we won by 18, they made a couple of runs at us, and I think we have a big area of improvement to get more people involved offensively and move the ball a little bit more.
added angles defend dimension gives playing post quickness rely totally
When he's got his legs, what he can do, he can defend in the post with his feet. He can use his quickness and play different angles in the post and not have to rely on totally fronting and totally just playing behind. He gives you an added dimension defensively to do some things.
people reason remember talking tigers win won
People have been talking about 35-5 and the Tigers a lot lately, but the reason that people remember it is that they won the championship. If we don't win the title, no one will remember that we were 35-5.
adapt bit hard
My thing is, if you're going to let them play, let them play. There was a little bit of inconsistency, so it was hard to adapt to that.
bite game half mom whatever
My mom told me before the game whatever you do don't get a technical. The way things were going in the first half I really had to bite my lip.
players tone
Because what teams, coaches, players try to do is set the tone for referees when they come in.
cities early games grind knew leading playing road tough trying
Before the season, we said there were going to be two tough stretches -- being on the road so much early and this one, where we are playing 10 games in 10 different cities leading into the break. We knew it would be tough. We're just trying to grind our way through.
biggest easy
It's never an easy situation. The biggest thing is you can't give them any hope.
bench benches comfort fifth fourth guys minutes reason situation tendency
It's natural. We're in a very different situation than a lot of teams. A lot of teams, the reason they play their bench is because they don't like their fourth and fifth guys that much. I like my fourth and fifth guys. That's why our bench doesn't get the minutes some of the other benches get. You have a tendency to go to a comfort level.
anytime athletes coach greatest
Anytime you can coach the greatest athletes in the world for a day, it's a thrill.
anytime guy points score
Anytime you got a guy that can score 50 points in this league, you know he can score.
anytime game nine playing
Anytime you're in a game and you have 42 buckets and 30 assists and only nine turnovers, you're distributing the ball, playing pretty well.
anytime death lose pressure situation
Anytime you lose someone, a death in the family, it's very, very emotional. We're not in any situation to pressure him one way or the other.
competitor great greatest played time
Any time you are a competitor and you're not winning, you get frustrated. The great ones all do and he's going to be one of the greatest that ever played this game.