Paul Woolpert
Paul Woolpert
Paul Woolpert is an American basketball coach who is currently an assistant coach for the Los Angeles D-fenders of the NBA Development League...
fall good knew positive shoot
I was completely positive at halftime. I knew we were too good to shoot 25 percent. We just had to keep working and I knew things would fall into place.
earned passion played rest team
He earned my respect. He played with more passion that the rest of the team combined.
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From a selfish standpoint, for me, he's a great basketball player. But for the franchise, and for everything Ronny has done in this state, it's the biggest one we've ever had. And he hasn't even stepped on the floor yet.
gets hot offensive problems
Someone gets hot (in the playoffs). Our problems were all on offense. We were never able to get into an offensive rhythm.
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Mark's agent called and said Mark felt he was not really going to reach his ultimate goal of getting called back up to the NBA and wanted to explore other options. Mark really played well for us.
allow gives presence
He'll allow us to go big and still be athletic. He gives us that presence inside.
defense hit improve stay tough
We have to improve our pick-and-roll defense and stay up on their shooters. Then again, even when we did stay up on them, they hit tough shots.
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Most betting people wouldn't have thought we'd win this series. From Day 1, we've preached 'team' and that's very hard to do in professional sports because a lot of them have agendas -- to get out of here and to the NBA.
dominance home
We need to re-establish the kind of dominance at home that we've lost.
opportunity reach tuesday
We need some help. At least we'll know Tuesday what we have to do. If we have an opportunity (to reach the finals), we have to capitalize.
offensive rebounds second
He's a big guy. We let him get too many offensive rebounds in the second half.
entire gotten job veterans
That's veterans getting the job done. That's why they're here. They've gotten it done their entire careers.
definitely energy enjoyed missed playing
You could definitely feel his energy tonight. He missed playing and you could see he enjoyed being back on the floor.
doctor thinks week
The doctor thinks he's still a week away.