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
allow letting player utilize
If you don't allow him to utilize his talents, you're not letting him be the player he can be.
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.
bit coming endure familiar
He's familiar with the surroundings, so it's not like he's coming to a new place. You have to endure it, take it in, feel it a little bit and then come back and give us your best.
ball doubt hands playing reason
I don't think I had any doubt about them playing together. The reason you put the ball in their hands is because they make plays.
best defender kyle
I don?t think Kyle is our best on-the-ball defender, but as an off-the-ball defender he is pretty good.
I didn't know a whole lot about him,
accomplish came certainly chance failed goal hardest means playoffs trying win word
Certainly, you're disappointed. The hardest part for anybody, and certainly for me, is to know you're not in it and that you failed. Failed is a hard word to say. When you set a goal for yourself to get in the playoffs and have a chance to win a championship, that means I failed in trying to accomplish what I came here to accomplish.
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Certainly you have to make adjustments on the offensive end. When you have a player like that in the fourth quarter, you have a tendency to look for him and realize he has that ability to take over a game. On the defensive end, he creates some turnovers for us and easy baskets. And we haven't gotten as many with him out of the lineup.
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Certainly when I got the Portland job, there wasn't as much hoopla as there is here, ... I've spent time here. I've lived here. I grew up basically here. There's going to be a little bit more hoopla than there would be someplace else.
court lingering major quickly
Hopefully, it's not a lingering thing, not a major problem. We need him on the floor, we want him on the court as quickly as possible.
beat stay trying
I did all the talking. You've got to beat them up a little and re-assure them. It's about us trying to stay together, which we will, and to keep working.