Sam Mitchell
Sam Mitchell
Samuel E. Mitchell, Jr.is a former professional basketball player and coach who is currently head coach of the U.S. Virgin Islands national basketball team. He was most recently the interim head coach for the Minnesota Timberwolves of the National Basketball Association. He was also the head coach for the Toronto Raptors of the National Basketball Associationfrom 2004 to 2008. Mitchell has also done analyst work for TSN and NBA TV as well as radio work for WHAL-AM in Columbus and...
ProfessionBasketball Player
Date of Birth2 September 1963
CityColumbus, GA
We just want to go out and just play hard and play with some confidence and make some shots, and that's been a lot of our problem,
We just got beat. It's not going to get any easier, either.
Probably 80 per cent of it (is due to youth and inexperience). They come out with veteran guys who understand the league and know how to play. We come out with second-year guys, it's tough.
Probably our inexperience down the stretch cost us.
Do we want to win? Of course, every time we step on the floor and play,
We're all hopeful that he can play and recover from this - for Alvin. He's worked hard, and he's a good basketball player and brings the type of attitude that you want to your team. I just this is one step in his comeback.
When I put him in the lineup as a small forward, I told him it was on a game-to-game basis. He assured me he wasn't going to relinquish the position.
I guess I'm getting my test on patience. I'm going to be patient, but it's tough.
Right now, everyone's going to predict different teams and they should. San Antonio, Miami, those teams on paper have guys stronger. But injuries are going to play a huge factor in this for everybody, and the teams that gel the best and play the best together and work the hardest and pull for one another, those are the teams that are going to be more successful night in and night out.
Mike James is a positive player, ... He's got playoff experience, he's played for some good coaches and we're looking forward to bringing him in.
I can't fault the effort, but we made some mistakes. But they were mistakes because they were all trying to make a play.
You have to keep giving them minutes. The more minutes they get, the more comfortable they're going to be. These guys all have talent; we just have to continue to work.
You ask me how many game we're going to win, I'll tell you at the end of the season. I'll tell you in April.
But no one feels sorry for us, and we can't feel sorry for ourselves. We just have to remember these beatings and give them back some day.