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
extremely high played
I would like to say we did something good, but we didn't. We had something to do with that, but it had more to do with how the Nuggets played. They played at an extremely high level.
extra shooting worked
Lindsey has really worked at his game. He's really done a lot of extra shooting and sometimes the things you work on, you get better at.
bit changes coaches few game gave league maybe people players reward rule team understand
I think people will understand that when we go in together, they will understand what it really is all about. A few years ago ... there were rule changes that were made to make the game aesthetically better and to make the game more team oriented, not as individually oriented. I think the reward that the coaches gave our players kind of signified a little bit maybe that's the way our league is going.
care happens hope mouth people saying says shut speak top
I think everybody, when you're the top team, a lot of teams, everyone says they want you. I always say that usually when you speak out like that, usually it's the opposite. When you're saying you want something, usually you really don't want it. That's how it usually goes. The people that when they really want something usually you keep your mouth shut and hope that it happens and then take care of business. That's how it usually goes.
conducive determine guy success whose
I tell all players, I don't determine how much you play, you do by how well you play. In Tony, I think we've got a guy whose temperament is conducive to having success in our system.
coming difficult enjoy love team work
I think if I didn't enjoy this team so much and wasn't having so much fun, things could become really difficult with being away from my family. But everything is fine. I love coming to work every day.
fine game gets guy line minutes players productive
I think if a guy gets in the game and he's productive, then he's going to get more minutes. That's what it's about. And it's that fine line: Do you become productive when you get minutes, or do you get minutes and then become productive? That's always the fine line between players and coaches.
guy perfect
I think he's a perfect international guy for what he can do.
concerned deserves great guy guys half putting
I think he deserves it. He's a guy who's had a great first half of the season. I'm not as concerned with just putting guys in by position; you know, because O'Neal's a big guy, put a big guy in there.
continue far few games job last throw
We'll continue to throw different things. I think the last few games we've done a better job as far as some of our rotations.
ball locked moving playing shows
We were much better locked in defensively. Offensively we had 33 assists on 39 buckets, which shows you we're moving the ball and playing how we want to play.
bad chance defensive game mentally minute played step win
We were mentally a step slow. We had some defensive breakdowns, we played out of character. But as bad as we played, we still had a chance to win the game with a minute to go.
played turn
We played like a well-oiled machine. And I think there's a sense that if it comes down to it, you can turn it back on.
change months regular season seven style
We don't change our style of play. A lot of teams, they play one way during the regular season and their style of play has to change once they get to the playoffs. When you play for seven months one style, and now you're going to change in a three-day span, you're not as prepared, you're not as comfortable.