Rod Thorn
Rod Thorn
Rodney King "Rod" Thornis an American basketball executive and a former player and coach...
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.
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.
areas coach deep defensive good key obviously players schemes sure
Those are the areas we obviously have to play well if we want to get deep back in the playoffs. We've got to do it. We've got a very good defensive coach (Lawrence Frank). I'm sure our schemes will be fine, but we have to have players who will do it. And that's the key to our team.'
either interest looking options players signing
We've started looking at other options because players that we may have an interest in are either signing every day or they are about to sign.
good mesh playing richard seemed waiting
Our first 20 games, we didn't play very well. We weren't playing very well defensively at all, and offensively, it seemed to me that ... Vince was kind of waiting on Richard, and Richard was kind of waiting on Vince. The mesh wasn't as good as we anticipated.
bench good played starters
Our bench has played better, ... Our starters can play with anybody. But when our bench is going, we're a very good team.
man obviously talented
I think with Dajuan, he's obviously a very talented young man,
anybody beat four given proven seven
I think we have proven that we can beat anybody on any given night. Now, can we do it four out of seven times?
both ends played successful talented tend
I think we've just played very solidly. And when you play solidly, you tend to do well. We have some talented players. If we're doing the right things on both ends of the court, then we're going to be successful over the long haul.
execute game lawrence nobody plans record terrific track works
Lawrence has a track record here. Nobody works harder. He has terrific game plans. We just need to execute our plans better and play better. Lawrence can't go out and play for guys.
best defend player pressure takes wing
Kidd can defend the best wing player at the end of the game, make the big pass, get the big rebound. That takes the pressure off the players.
became evident level played turn
It became evident to me that it wasn't going to turn around. We have not played to the level we anticipated playing.
unless
Unless we get very fortunate, ... we are not going to be a championship contender.
elbow game games high knee missed operation practice problem school
He had a knee operation when he was in high school. He's never missed a game with the knee problem in the N.B.A.; never missed a practice or game. The only thing he's ever missed any games for in the N.B.A. was for an elbow operation.