Rod Thorn
Rod Thorn
Rodney King "Rod" Thornis an American basketball executive and a former player and coach...
assume conversation far indication join property wants
I don't have any indication one way or the other right now, but I assume that he will join the team, ... As far as I'm concerned, he's property of the Nets. Obviously, he has the prerogative of retiring, but we're going to have a conversation with him and see what transpires. I don't think he wants to retire.
ended guys happy list mutual top
Obviously, we had a list of guys and he was at the top of our list. When we made the deal, we were very happy with it. It ended where it ended. We had a lot of discussions to the possibility of amending the deal, but we weren't able to come to any mutual agreement.
advantage certainly chance crazy definitely good playoff team
Barring injury, barring something crazy happening, I definitely think we're a playoff team. I think we're a team that certainly has a good chance to get home-court advantage in the first round.
both demand double draw foul good guys line low means open pass shots team
You have two guys who, when you put them on the low post, both demand a double team and they pass the ball, which means you can get good open shots with no one contesting. And when they don't do that, both of them draw a lot of fouls. We should be able to get to the foul line a lot.
deal frame somebody time took
You have to have somebody to deal with, and it took a long time to make a deal with Portland. In this case, the time frame would be much shorter.
excuses type
There are always extraneous things that come up every year, off-the-court things, on-the-court things, ... Those type things are more excuses than distractions.
felt reward risk worth
There is always a risk and a reward, and we felt the reward was worth the risk,
three trade
We will get what we have to get. We're not going to trade those three guys.
everybody guys help order playing thinks wants win
With players, everybody wants to play, ... Everybody would like to get playing time. You've got to be able to do what you need to do in order to play. Obviously, from the coach's standpoint, he's going to play guys he thinks are going to help him win the game.
comment conversation
It was a confidential conversation, and I don't really want to comment on it.
both envisioned point sort worked year
It's sort of been a frustrating year for him. It hasn't worked out the way he envisioned it. It's just one of those things that up to this point it hasn't worked out the way both he and we envisioned.
press wrong
It was a shock. We had scheduled a press conference. We did not think there was going to be anything wrong whatsoever.
press wrong
It was a shock. We had scheduled a press conference. Obviously, we did not think there was going to be anything wrong whatsoever.
lost players
It just wasn't working out here for (Jackson). The two players that we lost weren't playing.