Rick Carlisle
Rick Carlisle
Richard Preston "Rick" Carlisleis the head coach of the Dallas Mavericks of the National Basketball Association. He has also served as head coach of the Indiana Pacers and Detroit Pistons and was previously a player in the NBA. He is also one of only 11 people to win an NBA championship both as a player and as a coach...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth27 October 1959
CityOgdensburg, NY
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It's the biggest challenge we have, and frankly everyone involved in bird dogs and quail hunting have.
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It made it an extra challenge because guys coming back needed the reps. The schedule is what it is. We're about to go through another stretch after this two-day break.
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Injuries are going to happen. You don't have any control over it. We just have to hope long-range he's going to be OK. We've got to be ready to go the duration without him, from the sounds of it. So it's not an easy situation.
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In all fairness to Austin, it was probably a mistake to put him out there.
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I know Vince is still going to be their main guy. That's just who they've been as a team.
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I'm looking forward to seeing him. He's one of my favorite players I've ever worked with. I'm not looking forward to seeing him in an opponent's uniform.
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It's something I talked to A.J. about. At some point it was probably going to be time to make that switch. A.J. has been great about communicating back with me about it. Jermaine and Tinsley need to be together in the starting lineup on both ends of the floor.
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It's not an ideal situation, but Danny has started a lot of games (17) for us this year. We've been down that road.
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The biggest thing is efficiency, because if you have a lot of turnovers on the road, the opponent is going to convert a lot of them. Jersey is a great conversion team off turnovers.
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The bench production is essential to us having success right now. We have a lot of our better scorers coming off the bench, so it would be logical that we would get a few more points than from some of the starters.
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The best situation will be for him to completely heal. I don't know what the prognosis or possibility is for that. It's certainly going to be awhile before he plays, because it's hurting too much for him to play effectively.
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This is a very important time for us if we're going to be a team that makes the playoffs. We can't afford to show up and not play a great game for 48 minutes.
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Not only was he the scoring leader, but defensively he generated a lot of energy for us. Especially in the second half.
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It's not believed to be serious, but we're not sure yet. It was bad enough to where there was swelling and he couldn't return. I would say he's questionable for Monday.