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
almost came hang night played pressure
We came out real soft. They put pressure on us and we just kind of would hang out. That's the way we played almost all night long.
against came excellent needed offense played ran system
Deron had an excellent game. He is getting to know our system better. He came out and played against the Hornets and ran our offense like we needed him too.
ball came game gave needed pressure turned win
We gave them everything they needed to get their game going and win the ballgame. They came up and put the pressure on us, and we turned the ball over a little bit, and then we got real casual. There was no execution.
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.
basket beat came guys hard harder points ran
After we got beat by 30 points over there I didn't know what we would do tonight. I thought our guys came out strong, they ran hard and went to the basket a little harder than they did the other night.
basic came glad guys happened involved job karl ready
I'm really glad for what happened to Karl Malone, but these guys weren't involved in that that much. Their basic job is to get ready and play basketball, and I didn't think we came out with that intention.
andre blocked came foul guy kept looked shot stretching
Andre made the big block. He looked like he was going to foul the guy but he kept stretching out his arms. He blocked the shot and came away with the ball.
blocked came couple full hands needed plays seven shots smaller terrific
Andrei was terrific for us tonight. He had his hands full with a couple smaller players, but he came through with seven blocked shots and made plays when we needed him to.
basic basketball came job ready whatever
Their basic job is to get ready to play basketball and I didn't think we came out with that intention, whatever the situation. There are a lot of distractions in basketball.
execute quarter running second
We just got annihilated. We had one quarter in which we executed and that was the second quarter. When we don't execute our offense, we don't get anything. We were just running around out there.
block boards guys missing second shots sort trying understand win
I understand guys missing shots and that sort of thing. But I don't understand not being able to block them off the boards and give them second shots right when we're trying to win a ballgame.
farther game kept matter next people step team year
People think it's pretty easy, but it's pretty difficult. A year ago, this team just kept going farther and farther down. They didn't step up and try to make a change. We were 11-21, I think, a year ago and the next game didn't matter probably.
gone good impressed players tough
I've always been impressed with what he's able to do. He's just gone through some tough times. Some players do and some players don't. I think those tough times are good for him.