Rick Adelman
Rick Adelman
Richard Leonard "Rick" Adelmanis an American retired professional basketball player and head coach. He coached 23 seasons in the National Basketball Association. He served as head coach of the NBA's Golden State Warriors, Portland Trail Blazers, Sacramento Kings, Houston Rockets and Minnesota Timberwolves...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth16 June 1946
CityLynwood, CA
basically defend definitely gives great guy impact instinct physical shut
He's definitely had an impact on the way we defend because he is a great defender. He gives us a guy who can basically shut down people. He also does things you just can't teach. Every situation, he has great instinct and he has great physical ability.
attitude behind gives great guys hard high kid opportunity player playing terrific type veteran works
He's been a terrific young guy. He hasn't had an opportunity to play much because he is playing behind veteran guys but we are very high on him. We think he is going to be a player in this league. He is the type of kid who every day he comes to work. He works hard and never gives in. That is a great attitude to have.
both brings court ends energy hard player plays solid
He's been a solid player on both ends of the court for us. He brings a lot of energy and plays hard every night.
afternoon approach believe expect feelings handled seven
He has handled this thing this afternoon well and I think he will handle it (Wednesday). You can't expect him not to have some feelings about this. I believe he will approach things the way he has for seven years.
draws effort floor goes good guy guys pushing quality says younger
He has a quality about him that draws other guys into it -- the way they play, the effort they put on. He's always pushing. He's pushing the younger guys, saying, 'That's not good enough.' When a guy says that and then goes out on the floor and does it, it has an impact.
bad good knows playing since situation team together
He had a bad situation when he was in Sacramento. He didn't have a very good team. Since he's been here, he's had his team playing well. They play together and they play hard. He knows what he's doing.
brad constant guys injuries mike needed shot
He made big shot after big shot, and we needed it. With the injuries and everything else, Mike and Brad have to be the two guys that are constant for us.
guy since together trade
We've been together since Day 1. So when you trade a guy like that, that was tough.
brad good happens mike offense team
Our offense is not going to be very good if Mike and Brad don't play very well. When that happens with the team we have (at the moment), it's hard.
anybody brad decent everybody francisco good happens high mike needed offense team
Our offense is not going to be very good if Mike and Brad don't play very well. Francisco had numbers, but our starters, I don't know if anybody had a decent game. ... We needed everybody to play well and play at a high level, and they didn't do it. When that happens with the team we have today, it's hard.
ball moving playing sharing together
I don't think we're playing that well together offensively. I don't think that we're sharing the ball and moving the ball enough.
best certainly crowd definitely game playing road team
I don't want to be down 3-0 to the world champions. That would make it tough. It's definitely a game we have to win. ... They're the best road team in the league. When you're playing a team like this in the playoffs, they're not going to be intimidated by our crowd, but our crowd can certainly get us going.
against guess internet saw
I even got on the Internet and saw how our cheerleaders are going against their cheerleaders (in an NBA.com poll). So I guess it is a rivalry.
involved team
I don't think it matters. Of those 16 wins, this team hasn't been involved in 15 of them. It's only been one.