Stan Gundy
Stan Gundy
apart contain decent emphasis major people picking tony tough watching
Tony Parker, if you've been watching this year, has just been picking people apart on the pick-and-rolls. We made it a major emphasis and made a decent effort. ... It was tough to contain him tonight.
best game mind question understanding
There's no question in my mind that they have the best understanding of what their game is.
great
That team, to me, on paper, is a 55-win team. I think they've got a great nucleus there.
good ways
Defensively he's not there yet because he's still got a ways to go conditioning-wise, ... but he's a very good defender.
best players
You never want one of your best players to go down with an injury, but it's also a part of the game.
best dealing fourth guys players step three veteran
You never want one of your best players going down with an injury. It's all also part of the game. We're already dealing with three veteran guys out, now a fourth veteran guy out, so some of these young guys are going to have to step up and play.
hopefully rock trying
This is hopefully rock bottom. Everybody's trying to go one-on-one.
obviously
I don't even know what I was thinking. Obviously I wasn't in my right mind.
flop guy league love people
I'd love it, because I think we've got the guy in the league that more people flop on than anybody,
best practices since
one of his best practices ... since he's been here.
becomes line nba negative percent players shooting
Shooting under 50 percent for NBA players is absurd. Getting to the line becomes a negative for us.
active defensive good last looked obviously parts rusty
Shaquille obviously looked rusty offensively. But he looked very good on the defensive glass, and he was more active defensively than he was for big parts of last year.
both build coaches figure finally fit job pieces players position together
Now we're finally in a position to build a core. And now our job as both coaches and players is to fit the pieces together and figure out how we're going to make it work.
gets guys three
Obviously, it gets three of our guys out there who have a better idea of what we're doing.