Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Cheeks
Maurice Edward "Mo" Cheeksis an American retired professional basketball player and currently an assistant coach for the Oklahoma City Thunder of the National Basketball Association. He was the head coach of the Detroit Pistons from June 10, 2013, to February 9, 2014 and has also served as head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers and Philadelphia 76ers...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth8 September 1956
CityChicago, IL
continue good happen lose mental state time turn win
Any time you lose and you continue to lose, you take it. You have to have something good happen to you to turn your mental state over, and the only way you do that is to win a game. As you continue to lose, you feel it.
ball bit discredit effective gets jump people plays rebound skills stronger toughness work
Shavlik is a little bit stronger than people think. He can rebound the ball in traffic. Offensively, he can put the ball down on the floor. Once he gets a 15- or 16-foot jump shot, I think he can be an effective player. I think people discredit his toughness. I think as he plays a little bit more, the toughness will come out, the ball skills will come out. Right now, he?s got to work on that jump shot.
allowed early lead missed nba run shots team time
Every time you're in an NBA game, a team is going to make a run and they're going to make some shots at some point. Early on they missed a lot of shots, which allowed us to get the lead that we had.
advanced ball court execution normally quicker stretch
Their execution down the stretch was the key. They advanced the ball quicker up the court than what we're normally used to.
ball four guys opposed scoring three
I'm not opposed to ever having three or four guys scoring the ball for us.
aware minutes start watching
I'm going to start watching his minutes anyway. But I'm not going to try and play him 48 minutes (Wednesday). I'm going to be very aware of his back problem.
glad
I'm glad to have him back. Especially with Yao Ming here. You have to be very tentative with how you play Yao Ming.
haunt second teams
If you give teams like (Detroit) so many second chances, it is going to come back and haunt you. And that's what it did.
allen areas guy missing player points production replace scores
If you're missing a player like Allen you have to overcompensate. You're not going to replace a guy who scores 33-34 points a game, but you can replace him in other areas when you get production from everyone.
areas guy missing player points production replace scores
If you're missing a player like Allen, you have to overcompensate. You're not going to replace a guy who scores 33-34 points a game, but you can replace him in other areas when you get production from everyone.
fourth zone
In the fourth quarter, they packed it in and we couldn't make shots. When you don't make shots, the zone is much more effective.
good happen needed ourselves wins
I just thought we needed something good to happen to us to feel good about ourselves and these two wins are big for us.
approach figured grow needs player totally
His approach to people, to the game, is totally different. He's figured out how to be successful, what he needs to do to grow and get better as a player and person.
allen ball chris defended easy great keys offensive passing
Chris and Allen didn't have great offensive games, but they were passing the ball. I thought the way we defended and rebounded the ball was big for us. I thought one of the keys for us was that we got some easy baskets.