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's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first. It's hard to get players to give in to the group and become selfless as opposed to selfish.
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The biggest difference is in the leadership. It was better for us. We had more coaches and mentors to help us. A lot of the younger players today suffer from a lack of direction.
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I like that, sometimes. It just gets me even more up to play when the fans are getting all rowdy and loud.
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Coach said to stay with it and don't get frustrated. I knew later in the game my shots would start going in.
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Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player.
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I would still like to get more athletic and have players that can really cover what's going on in the game.
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We decided to either try trades or just go with older players. If you do that and let contracts expire you can be in the lottery for about four or five years and expect your fans to be patient.
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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 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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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.