Rod Thorn
Rod Thorn
Rodney King "Rod" Thornis an American basketball executive and a former player and coach...
lost players
It just wasn't working out here for (Jackson). The two players that we lost weren't playing.
asset bench court extra feeling game giving good job lawrence players teammates time
So much of this game is about confidence. It's about feeling good about your teammates and yourself. I think Lawrence does a good job of recognizing that. He started giving players extra time on the court even when things weren't going great. Our bench has become an asset to us.
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.
attitude coming good heard players positive second since team year
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.
attitude best good heard players positive since talk three
And if you talk to our three best players, they all think we have a good team,' ... If you talk to Jason, his attitude is as positive as I've heard since then. When your better players think you have a good team, that's a very positive thing.'
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.
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.