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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Now, the margin of error is not very high. Mistakes have to be corrected right away. We have to eliminate everything that happened in the first half and start like this is a new season right now. I think we have the ability to do that.
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No. Douglas could penetrate, but he couldn't shoot like that.
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Right now, I'm as excited as a rookie going to my first camp. This is something I wished for a while ago, and now it's here.
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We have players we haven?t actually seen out on the floor, with the exception of a couple guys playing now, ... But I want to see the players out on the floor. We can always say we want to add this, add that, but to actually see the players out on the floor once they get there, in person so I can see their strengths and weaknesses, I think that?s the best thing to do rather than say, ?Let?s go get this, get that.? Every coach can say that at some point.
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We've talked about it before, of when you get beat, not giving up on the things you're trying to do.
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I was hoping it went double or triple overtime.
I think he's been better than I anticipated,
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I thought he was more aggressive than normal, for whatever reason.
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I thought Kevin played well. I think he had our offense going a little bit, but on the flip side I think sometimes you want to bring Kyle in to stretch the defense and give Allen Iverson and Chris (Webber) a little more room to operate.
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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.