Jeff Gundy
Jeff Gundy
effort gave good talk
We're just not a good team. We can talk about it, but we're just not. Tonight, we gave a professional effort and yet an inefficient one.
fate moving talk tried
I tried to talk to him, ... to tell him this was fate, that it didn't go through; should we think about moving on?
both decided fond great guys hope hurts injuries interested opportunity pick point rockets stay talked though together works
I talked to him about (that) we need to pick up a point guard, and also he had an opportunity out there to go and I think play for Denver. We talked about it. I think he decided it was not something he was interested in doing. We told him we were going to waive him. He decided I think to retire. I hope something works out to where he can stay in the Rockets organization. He's a great guy. Even though we were only together for a little more than a year, I was as fond of him and (Bob) Sura as any two guys I've ever coached. Personally, it hurts a lot that both had injuries that impacted them and us.
believe coming compete defense fame few hall hard harder offense talks tricks
Hard playing, very few mistakes, no tricks coming at you ? they're just going to compete harder on defense than you're going to play on offense and (be) ultra prepared. No one talks about it, but I think without question, when all is said and done, he is a Hall of Fame coach. I really believe that with all my heart.
anybody best case certainly hear player talk year
I hear the talk about the best player in the league. You can certainly make the case he's having the best year of anybody in this league.
good tracy
When we have Yao (Ming) and Tracy (McGrady), we're a good team. It's pretty simple.
both cause chris difficult doubly guards guys multiple paul point team together trying
(With their) team speed, in general, they cause us some problems. When they play both point guards ( Chris Paul and Speedy Claxton ) together it makes it doubly difficult to try and keep them out of the lane, because you've got two guys who are trying to catch-and-go or pick-and-roll, multiple pick-and-rolls.
boston game games given last ourselves prior represents road standards team trip
We have to get a team that represents what our standards are. On the road trip and the Boston game prior to that, we represented ourselves well. In the last two games we have given very, very little to the game, to each other and to the organization.
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When you score that little in a quarter, it's probably part defense and part you're missing some shots that you normally make. So we're not going to pound ourselves on the chest because I remember three or four they had right in a row at the basket over our midgets where the ball just happened to fall out. We try to play good defense yet we understand how good of an offensive team they are.
defense fourth missing score
When you score that little in a fourth quarter, it's usually part defense and part just missing some shots.
capable concur doctors feels playing
When he feels like he's capable of playing and the trainers and doctors concur and I concur, then he'll go back out there and play.
bad doctor fortune found happy locate positive string
The positive is they found something they can fix. It's been a string of bad fortune for him injury-wise, but we're happy the doctor has been able to locate something we can do something about.
effective energy high question
There is no question that he will be competitive and high energy. But how effective he would be, really, I don't have any idea. We'll have to see.
changed guys minutes playing proud
There are some things we could have done better, I think, that could have changed the result. Our guys are competitive and are playing a lot more minutes than they probably should. There's a lot of things that we can be proud of.