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
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He?s gonna fight. That?s what training camp is for, to earn spots.
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He's a very versatile player that can play the one, two or three positions. You're trying to put the ball in his hands and allow Allen to come up and make a play.
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He's been great for us. Every time we've inserted him in a game, he's been great for us. Sometimes, he wouldn't play for a whole half and then we'd throw him in in the third and fourth quarters. Every time we've played him, he's made major contributions.
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He's been a scorer his whole career and that's what we'll need. We'll need a guy like him that can step in and score some baskets right away.
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He had some flu-like symptoms last night. He just came to the game and felt OK to play. It got worse.
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He (Howard) is great, young and energetic and always fighting. On that last play where a lot of players just stay put after a shot, he continued to play and ended up getting the big play.
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He looked healthy. He moved around in practice, so he's ready to go.
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He'll have the ball in his hands. I'm going to figure out what's best for him to play. I think the ball can be distributed and still be in his hands. We'll work out a way to make it work. I'm so looking forward to it.
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We've been there, where we've been up 18 or 19 points. We've been there, where we've been up seven or eight points with two minutes to go in the game. So we've been in a lot of situations where we know the game could turn around. We had plays that turned the game around for us.
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Pierce thrives in those situations. He looks forward to his team being down so he can take the big shots and make the big shots.
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Players have a lot of knowledge. It would be silly of me to say if they suggest something that I wouldn't look at it.
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Paul Pierce thrives in those situations. He looks forward to his team being down, coming down and taking big shots.
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Our offense is fine. Our defense is where's it's at. You have to put guys out there and show them how to play defense. We have to keep trying.
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Our defense wasn't as good as it has been, but he was making some incredible shots. He kept them in the game.