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
hard life since worked
Greg has never worked as hard in his life as he's worked since he's been back here.
great shots wonderful
He was terrific. He made his shots and he's just a wonderful player. I think we're intimidated by him a great deal.
ball basket confident extremely free played playing seemed terrific took
He's (Palacio) terrific, he was terrific down the stretch. He made his free throws; he took the ball to the basket and just played extremely well. He seemed to be very confident playing in that position.
ball bit hesitates needs shoot
He just needs to shoot the ball when he's open. When he's done that, he's fine. When he hesitates a little bit on it, he has a little bit of a problem.
ball kept throw
He kept us under control, and didn't throw the ball away. He had one turnover . . . That's what we need, so we can get into an offense.
almost anyone burn fought
Greg didn't burn any bridges, ... Greg and I fought almost every day (but) I apologized to Greg more than anyone I've ever coached.
determined guys played rather
Guys played a lot harder. They played a lot more determined to try to win, rather than the way we have been.
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.
admire fight good guy run younger
I just feel it is important for a guy if he is struggling, especially younger guys, to know what it's like, on their own. Not run to them every minute. Let them fight through it. He did that. That's why I admire what he did. I think it'll be good for him 10 years down the line.
chance realize
I realize we can do a lot better and the expectations are there, but the important thing is that you do things right so you have a chance to win.