Isaiah Thomas
Isaiah Thomas
Isaiah Thomaswas an American newspaper publisher and author. He performed the first public reading of the Declaration of Independence in Worcester, Massachusetts, and reported the first account of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. He was the founder of the American Antiquarian Society...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth7 February 1989
CountryUnited States of America
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It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys focused and committed to a task. That group dynamic, and then helping them to grow as people and basketball players.
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I can't think of any NBA team over the last few years that lost three starters. And we replaced them basically with three guys who really haven't played in this league.
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We know how to lift each other when we need it. I know those guys have my back when I need it. We trust each other.
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Being here on the big stage is the fun part. The difference in the game was we had more heart and played as a team. We're friends with most of those guys on Mount Tahoma, but we're enemies on the court.
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A team with all those guys would be pretty much unstoppable. It would have been crazy, but we're good as is.
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We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the changes were because of injuries. But that's where I give a lot of credit to the group in terms of being able to maintain things.
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My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks. This is a situation that I'm in and I'll handle it and I'll make it work.
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It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into the stands.
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I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team.
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All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the Knicks organization, I couldn't allow myself to think that way or believe that.
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Most players in this league say they want consistency.
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I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work.
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My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free throws, handle the ball, defend better. You have to do all those things in the course of a game.
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We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players.