Scott Skiles
Scott Skiles
Scott Allen Skilesis an American basketball coach and former player. He most recently served as the head coach of the Orlando Magic. He also coached the Phoenix Suns, Chicago Bulls, and Milwaukee Bucks. A first-round draft pick out of Michigan State University, Skiles played ten seasons as a point guard in the NBA. He holds the NBA record for assists in one game with 30, set in his fifth season in the league and second with Orlando, in which he...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth5 March 1964
CityLa Porte, IN
ball clearly fantastic maybe players shape shot top year
(Brand) is clearly one of the top 10 players in the league, maybe the top five. I read early on that he said he is in much better shape this year and that has helped. He has shot the ball well from the perimeter. He is just having a fantastic season.
attempt good natural nice shape skilled ways
He's got to get in better shape. That's the first thing. He's got to get in good enough shape to where he can at least attempt to be a big-minute player. He's got some nice natural post-up moves, but he has a ways to go. But he does a lot of good things. He's a very, very skilled player.
best excited game great hopefully pro settle shape work
He's in the best shape of his pro career. We're excited about it. Hopefully he can settle in now and work on his game and have a great year.
area coaches hair near places rank separate tight worst
It's still one of the worst in the league. I don't know where I'd rank it, but it's near the bottom. It's still pretty tight in there. Most of the places have a separate area for the coaches so we're not in the players' hair before the game. But this one doesn't.
course face good heard learn lesson needs opportunity personal responsibility similar throughout time
No, because I've heard similar things throughout the course of the year. It's something he's going to have to get over. He needs to face the personal responsibility of what he needs to get done. I just look at it as an opportunity to learn a good lesson at this time of year.
bit dominated early energy game guards third
They just dominated us all over the floor, and then probably the most disappointing thing -- I thought in the third quarter, we quit. That's something I have to address. ... We were in the game a little bit early on, but they had way more energy than us. They went by our guards at will.
call complain great literally style year
They literally complain about every call the whole game. That's their style. That's what they do. They're having a great year doing it.
call complain great literally night sure year
They literally complain about every call all night long. They are having a great year doing it. I'm not sure what that says.
ben defense finally great stops
It was just a great comeback. Their defense was active, but we finally got it going. We started to get some stops and then Ben was just huge.
geared guys hang team time
This is kind of a team that's been getting geared up for this time of year. Our guys have been able to hang with them, but this is going to be a different animal.
assured certainly confidence good knock lost sure tonight
Nothing. I told 'O' the other day we certainly have not lost confidence in him. I wanted to make sure he hasn't lost confidence in himself, and he assured me he hadn't. Tonight he got some good looks, and he was able to knock them down.
acting ball came halftime happened heart played roll totally
I'm really embarrassed by what happened out there. We played with very little heart and very little aggressiveness. We came out at halftime totally casual, just kind of winging the ball all over the place, acting like they were going to roll over and give us the game.
came half happened second soft
I'm really embarrassed by what happened out there. I thought we came out in the second half and pretty much, we were as soft as I've seen.
I'm really embarrassed by what happened. It's unacceptable.