Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Frank
Lawrence Adam Frank is an American professional basketball coach who is currently working as the Executive Vice President of Basketball Operations for the Los Angeles Clippers of the National Basketball Association. He formerly served as head coach of the Detroit Pistons and the Nets, and has been an assistant coach for the Boston Celtics and the Nets...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth23 August 1970
bench gave guys huge minutes played win
We went out to win the game. Our bench guys played big minutes and gave us a huge lift.
good guys helps people
I think morale-wise it's big. More guys were involved, helps probably more people feel good about themselves.
ask continue guys playing since unfair
Right now it probably would be unfair to him and we kind of want to continue to give other guys an opportunity. It would be a lot to ask of him after not playing since January.
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Those things are beyond our control; we know on our team what he means. Jason makes this whole thing work. He's the pied piper. As a coach, he's unbelievable to have - a leader who is your most unselfish player and your hardest worker ... The guy is selfless and he really wants to win.
guys picture ready trying
The big picture is we're trying to get ready for the playoffs. You want to keep guys healthy.
against boston guy hold limiting minutes start whether
We'll start limiting some minutes as we go and potentially hold a guy out of a game, whether it's against Boston or New York, something like that.
best guy obviously opportunity others proving
A lot of times when a guy is out who's their best player, it's a proving ground. It's an opportunity for others to show, and that's what they did. We obviously couldn't get enough done.
guys poise weather
You've got to show some poise and weather the storm, and our guys did that.
crushed feedback guys mean respect
I respect it, but that doesn't mean I have to like the feedback when I feel like one of my guys is being crushed when look what the (heck) he's done.
caught effort guys half legs playing second
I think it's a combination of our guys effort and them playing the second half of a back-to-back which probably caught up with their legs a little bit.
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I think this win shows our mental toughness, because it's mind over matter. You have Jason Kidd who played 46 minutes last night, and then plays 40 tonight. This is something our guys can look back on and is a good experience for this team. Denver is one of the best homecourt teams in the league. Things worked for us. We got fortunate that Carmelo got hurt.
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God forbid the guy doesn't have a game when he doesn't hit every shot he takes. He's a special, special guy. He's turned around this franchise. We have unbelievable trust in him. He's delivered time and time again.
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The heart and will that this guy has is unbelievable. His defense on Kobe, his assertiveness on offense -- he would not let our team lose tonight. He put us on his back.
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The guy has been in great gyms. He is extremely well educated in the game of basketball.