Jerry Sloan
Jerry Sloan
Gerald Eugene "Jerry" Sloanis an American former National Basketball Association player and head coach, and a member of the Basketball Hall of Fame. Former NBA commissioner David Stern called Sloan "one of the greatest and most respected coaches in NBA history." Sloan had a career regular-season win–loss record of 1,221–803, placing him third all-time in NBA wins at the time he retired. Sloan was only the fifth coach in NBA history to reach 1,000 victories and is one of two...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth28 March 1942
good practice terrific worker
He's been terrific. He's been a terrific worker in practice and a good person to his teammates, and I think those things are very important.
confidence confident floor fought great grew guys knowledge level spell threw time watched
He's a very confident guy, but I probably got into his confidence level a little bit. The important thing to me was he fought threw that little spell we had and his confidence grew and grew. He can see a lot of things on the floor not many guys can see. I've been around a long time and watched a lot of different guys play this game. He has great knowledge of basketball.
change committed seems staying totally
He seems to be totally committed to staying out. That could change if he's been out for a while and he doesn't go too far.
again guys job wants whatever
He should be upset. I was upset, too ? but my job is to try to get these guys to go play again (tonight). He always has the right to do whatever he wants to do. I know that.
biggest confidence gives hopefully
Hopefully this gives us some confidence to try to get better. That's the biggest thing.
couple great hung situations
We made some mistakes, but we also had some situations where I think we could've hung in there a little better if we'd had a couple of things go our way. I'm not going to take anything away from them because they're a great team, but it's frustrating.
confidence pass shoot trying wants whatever
He has confidence to go where he wants to go, to get us into whatever we're trying to do. He's a passer first. He'll pass first and shoot second.
block finish middle top tremendous
Greg Ostertag had a tremendous finish for us. He was able to block up the middle and keep them from getting on top of the basket.
hard life since worked
Greg has never worked as hard in his life as he's worked since he's been back here.
assignment ball complement guys terrific tough
He is a tough assignment for anybody. He's a terrific player. He can put the ball on the floor. And they've got the right complement for him: They've got guys that can make 3-point shots.
ball looked somebody threatened threw totally
He got the ball inside, and he just threw it back out. I don't know if somebody threatened him in there, or what. But it looked like we were totally afraid.
bit couple deal factor gotten great help helped lane stepped top tried
He may have gotten a little bit tired, but I thought he was a factor for us, because he could go get the basketball. I thought he helped us a great deal defensively a couple of times. He stepped way out and tried to give us help on Paul, so he couldn't have the lane to get on top of the basket.
came experience gotten great league obviously
He came into this league a great player. He obviously has gotten better, but experience is a great teacher. He's just a great, great player.
came gets great league obviously
He came in this league as a great player, in my opinion. But he obviously gets better.