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
best committed good guys hope practices seemed
We had one of the best practices we've had in the 21/2 years I've been here. Guys really seemed committed to getting better. Little things like that are good signs. You hope it translates to the games, but you never know.
almost days game good job leading looked might playing practice push three time tough
Three days ago it looked like it might be a possibility. He is doing better. It's just not the right time to push it. Also, if we would have did it, he would have been playing a game without almost any practice time leading up to it, which would have been hard. It makes it tough because he does a good job on (Shaquille O'Neal).
call frequency hard last practice three time
It's been like this the last two or three times he's come back. It's been hard to get what you call real practice time because of the frequency of games.
condition decision half heavy ice minutes position practice trying
We're trying to condition him into a position where he can play with consistency. My decision was to play him heavy minutes the first half and then ice him down, have him for practice tomorrow.
bill checked clean health missed past practice situations totally trade trouble
He had a clean bill of health when the trade was made and all his past situations were checked out. The one thing he had trouble with was his back, but he hasn't missed any practice time, and that's a totally isolated, different situation.
doses familiar gradually great major needs practice situation
He'll gradually get back to where he needs to be as long as he doesn't get major doses of minutes. It would be great to have more practice time, but he's been in this situation before and he's familiar with it.
both careful games held practice ready thin
He's not able to both practice and play games so we've held him out of everything. We have to be careful with him and have him ready to play in each game. We're thin on (big men) right now.
feeling
We're going to see how he's feeling tomorrow.
good
When we had good shots, we couldn't get them to go. We weren't good enough tonight, and they were very good, really, for the whole game.
admit areas category
We can do better in some areas and we will. I admit we all have to do better. I put myself in that category as well.
concerns games starting win
We're going to have to win a lot of games, starting with getting our first win, and that's really the only thing that concerns me right now.
based evaluate finding games group guys three
We're finding out more about this group every game. We have a lot of guys that can contribute, but I have to evaluate it based on performance, the rotation, all those things. These (past) three games will be important to look at.
ball behind eight figure fly pants personnel points score seat terms ways
We're behind the eight ball in terms of our personnel that are available. We're going to have to fly by the seat of our pants here, and figure out enough ways to score enough points and get stops.
awhile hanging hopes
We have to go on the idea that he's not going to be here. We can't be hanging our hopes on his return. It's going to be awhile if he comes back at all.