Rod Thorn
Rod Thorn
Rodney King "Rod" Thornis an American basketball executive and a former player and coach...
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.
bit ended improving last paper team
We ended up improving our team, it's just a little bit different way than when we anticipated,' ... From where we ended up last year, on paper we have a better team than we had last year.'
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.
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.
adding best cause consulting course directions gave improve normal noted physical questions several team trade ways
We were anticipating adding Shareef to our roster. However, during the course of his normal physical examination, some questions arose that gave us cause for concern. After consulting with several noted specialists, we feel that rescinding the trade is our best course of action. We will now look in other directions for ways to improve our team for the upcoming season.
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.
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.
harder load teams
Before, teams would load up on (Carter). Now it is much harder to do that.
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.
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.
hurt last marks question time
We had a lot of question marks at this time last year. When Kenyon left, that really hurt, and there was a question as to what was going to transpire with Jason.
candidates coach three top
I think he's one of the top two or three candidates for Coach of the Year.
achievement era far greatest individual kobe modern scoring wilt
Wilt scoring 100, to me, that's the greatest thing ever done as far as an individual achievement in the game. I don't think you ever take anything away from that. But what Kobe did in the modern day era is unbelievable to me.
hope later
We hope he'll be back later this week, and hope that things go well. I know this: he's pretty excited.