Stan Gundy
Stan Gundy
bit expectation figured low measure question team
The expectation question is a little bit overdone. I think I've got it figured out. If the expectations for your team are high, and you don't measure up, you get fired. If the expectations are low and you lose, you get fired.
analogy angst expectation good hard individual lead olympics roll team
The hard part is, from the outside, the expectation is that it is going to be very easy, you're just going to roll out there with your talent, ... That can lead to a lot of angst when things don't go well. There's a lot more to being a team than talent. I used the analogy of the Olympics with them. We have a lot of good individual players, but that is not going to be enough.
believe next
We believe we're going to be in the next series, too.
certainly
We'll see if we can make some adjustments, but we're certainly not going to panic.
asking bit emphasis hard system
Our system is a little different than what some of (the new players) are used to, and what we're asking them to have an emphasis on is a little bit different than what they're used to. But they're working hard at it.
fooled tougher wish
I was writing the league. I wish they'd get tougher on it. From what they're saying, they're working on not getting fooled on the flop.
best last mean means might pat saying standing team win
Standing pat was not the best thing to do. It doesn't mean that you're saying last year's team couldn't win it. What it means is, you think there might be a better way to go.
ball catch create guys move seen willing
We need some guys who make it work. Sometimes you just need guys to catch the ball and move the ball and get out of the way and create spacing and things like that. I haven't seen a lot of that so far, of guys really willing to do that.
face pardon saw sticks
I saw your face on the sticks on Pardon the Interruption . That's big.
ball besides entire horrible offense score throwing ways
I thought that our offense was horrible the entire night. We've got to find some other ways to score besides throwing the ball to Shaq.
ball besides defense entire horrible throw ways
I thought our defense was horrible the entire night. Besides throw the ball to Shaq, we've got to find other ways to score.
again dunk five next
You can dunk on him five times and he's going to be back there again the next time.
decide defense guy offensive talking
When you're talking about roles, there could be offensive roles, ... but a guy can't decide that defense is not part of his role.
breaks fast five four general guys next running three wide
We had four or five three-on-two fast breaks where all three guys were running next to each other. We were in general not wide enough.