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.
best care guards guys jason knows playing point shots three
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.
fight higher level pick playing
We're in a real fight here. We need to pick it up and play at a much higher level that we've been playing lately.
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.
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.
three trade
We will get what we have to get. We're not going to trade those three guys.
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.
felt reward risk worth
There is always a risk and a reward, and we felt the reward was worth the risk,
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.
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.
candidates coach three top
I think he's one of the top two or three candidates for Coach of the Year.