Rod Thorn
Rod Thorn
Rodney King "Rod" Thornis an American basketball executive and a former player and coach...
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.
attempt league official sure
I'm sure that the league will attempt to find out who the official was.
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.
comment conversation
It was a confidential conversation, and I don't really want to comment on it.
lost players
It just wasn't working out here for (Jackson). The two players that we lost weren't playing.
work
It just wasn't working out here for him. In assessing it, I don't think it was going to work out for him here. That was part of it.
felt reward risk worth
There is always a risk and a reward, and we felt the reward was worth the risk,
anybody plans trade
Don't have any plans to trade him. I'd never say we wouldn't trade anybody but I don't have any plans to trade him. We have indicated (to other teams) that we probably are not going to trade him.
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.
ability fit gives luxury player remain sign tax whoever
(The trade) gives us the ability to remain under the luxury tax and to sign a player ? whoever that player may be, if there is a player that would fit our needs.
action best consulting course felt noted several trade
After consulting with several noted specialists, we felt that rescinding the trade is our best course of action.
came career continue contract couple frame good hopefully matter next nobody time
Something came up that nobody had any idea about. There is a time frame in which this will play out in the next couple of days. Shareef is a pro. He's a good guy. He's going to continue his career no matter what. Hopefully he'll have a long career. He's under contract (to the Nets). Hopefully that's the way it will stay, and he will play long time for us.
history interest pointed teams
As he pointed out, there's a history of things with him - not just the fight. But I think there will be a lot of teams that will have an interest in him at some level.