Rod Thorn
Rod Thorn
Rodney King "Rod" Thornis an American basketball executive and a former player and coach...
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.
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Jason's attitude about our team is as positive as I've heard him since his second year when we were coming off the Finals. When your better players think you have a good team, I think that's a very positive thing.
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Jason is so unselfish, doesn't care if he ever scores, knows where to get other guys the ball. Everyone knows they're going to get their shots playing with him. He's still one of the best one, two or three point guards in the league.
definitely jeff matter
Jeff definitely will be here. It's just a matter of how he is signed.
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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.
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It became evident to me that it wasn't going to turn around. We have not played to the level we anticipated playing.
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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.
unless
Unless we get very fortunate, ... we are not going to be a championship contender.
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.
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Our bench has played better, ... Our starters can play with anybody. But when our bench is going, we're a very good team.
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He was a big piece to our puzzle and a quality player. So if it works out that we don't complete the trade, then we've lost a quality player.
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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.
harder load teams
Before, teams would load up on (Carter). Now it is much harder to do that.
determination left people
All things being equal, you want people that want to play for you. The determination is, what does he have left in his game?