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
ball bit complete control handling keeping pushing running screen
He's got to control his ball handling a little bit more in being a complete player. He's not used to running screen and rolls. He's not used to rebounding the ball and pushing the ball up the floor, keeping the ball in his hands. He's not used to it.
advantage almost ball beat giving jump pushing shot shots taking talk
They shot almost 59 percent. We always talk about giving up jump shots and that's really what they beat us at; a jump shot game. That's their game, pushing the ball up the floor, taking advantage of mismatches, and doing the things they do.
ball came floor game knew last night overtime played pushing running
They knew we played an overtime game last night. They came out pushing the ball and running the floor to keep us on our heels. That game was embarrassing for me and it was embarrassing for the players. It was an embarrassing loss.
effort example fought game hard heck lose prime team
This was a heck of a win. Everyone fought hard for us all game. This game was a prime example of a team effort to not lose a game.
game
When you have two 7-footers in the game like that, it does a lot for your defense.
beat fashion form games mind team time
When you play a team that has come back and beat you each time in some form or fashion, it can play little mind games on you.
bad basketball certainly hoped life team
When you have a bad season, everything is possible. As a team we failed. It certainly wasn't what I hoped or wanted, but that's the way life is sometimes. I'm going to try to make myself better and this basketball team better.
accomplish bad basketball coaches evaluate happen looked overall possible season sit
When you have a bad season and things don't go the way you want, I think you have to look at it overall. All things are possible when you fail. As a team, we failed. We didn't accomplish what we looked to do. When those things happen you have to look and see if you make changes. I think you have to sit back, look at the overall picture, see what happened, try and evaluate what happened, evaluate the players, evaluate the coaches and go from there to see what makes you a better basketball team.
eighth
We're out of the eighth spot, we're not out of the hunt. It's how you respond.
eighth friday ready spot
We're not out of the hunt, we're out of the eighth spot and that's a difference. I think we'll come out ready to play on Friday night.
far guy guys mentality point step terms
Why should he be a guy who comes here and says, 'Well, I'm not going to be one of the guys and I won't be able to play?' ... What that would do to him is as far as mentality is take him off the floor, in terms of going out there and competing, day in and day out. I think that does him a disservice. Now, if it comes to the point where he can step out there and play, why wouldn't I put him out on the floor?
guy
Why should he be a guy that just comes out there and says, 'I'm not going to be
conversation sorry taken
We had a conversation and they were very apologetic. They were sorry that this all has taken place, as I am.
allen feels night playing tomorrow waiting
I don't think Allen is coming. He's not playing tomorrow night and we're still waiting to see how he feels for Sunday. It doesn't look good.