It always feels good, but it feels good just to see him back out there. I'm just glad to see him back on the sidelines. |
It doesn't hurt us defensively. We're probably a little better defensively but it definitely hurts us offensively. He's one of the guys that we can spread the defense out a little bit with his shooting ability. |
It feels like home. The only time we're living out of suitcases is when we're on the road. |
It gives us a different dimension, because we don't rely on one or two guys. We rely on five or six guys. If you have a point guard like Jason Kidd, it makes it easier for everyone else to fall into place. |
It made all the difference. He would have been a month behind, but he came in every day and made a lot of progress. |
It seemed like every quarter, the last to or three minutes is what cost us. That team is a championship team. They seemed to buckle down at that time and get stops. And they get buckets on the other end. |
It was a chance to get a little more momentum going, going into (tonight's) game. And we blew it. That's the bottom line, we just blew it. |
It was a heck of a win. We lost those two guys, and you know how much they mean to us and how much we count on them to take the ball handling duties. We made some adjustments at halftime and had David West bring it up a few times, as well as Desmond Mason, who did a good job. |
It was great. It was a lot like home at the Ford Center. When we had our little lulls, they were loud and got us back into it. |
It was just a lack of defensive mentality tonight. We didn't do a good job keep guys in front of us. |
It was just too many things going on player-wise that I didn't like that I wasn't going to be able to deal with the next year. So I wasn't going to put myself in the situation. No coach wants to go through that type of stuff when you have mutiny. |
It was nice to just win a game. |
It was our option, and we exercised it, so he's set for next year. But I don't think it would be a stupid thing to go to him this summer and say, 'look, let's sign a five- or six-year deal and keep you here for a while,' and when Chris Paul's is up, do the same thing. |
It wasn't a good break. He's got to get a plate in there and everything. |
It would have been a killer trip for us. |