It's been a fun first half. It's been tough at times. You go through growing pains (being) so young. |
It's been a fun first half. It's been tough at times. You go through growing pains (being) so young. For the most part, I've had a great time teaching these guys and trying to make them understand how this game, in my mind, should be played, and they're doing a great job. |
It's big for us. It's too bad the All-Star break is now, I kinda wish we had a game to play tomorrow or Friday. |
It's disappointing. This still tells you how young the guys are. |
It's just sore. I don't think he'll be out any more than just tonight. We've got a good couple of days before we go to Utah for this next road trip. |
It's not a matter of can we do it. We've proven we can. It's a matter of will we do it. A lot of that is basically heart. |
It's not an achievement, it's what we expected. We've gotten to .500; now the key is to keep going. There are a lot of young guys that didn't experience the terrible season we had last year; the 19 wins is a nice accomplishment, but were looking to do bigger things this season. |
It's starting to get better. I thought we had some lapses in the second half. We get a little comfortable when we get a nice lead. |
It's starting to get better. We still had some lapses in the second half. That's the problem with our young guys. We get a little comfortable when we have a nice little lead. |
Jason plays at 110 percent in every game. We need other guys to join him. That's the bottom line. |
Just bad defense on our part. |
Just the fact that all of those guys had a chance to be here for a few days and get around the city and see some of the devastation that Katrina left made them feel a little guilty. I think the guys felt a little guilty after the last game that they had to come in and give a better effort. |
Kirk (Snyder) deserves a shot. Kirk works his butt off every day. He's still out here. Matter of fact, do you see J.R.? (Smith had left.) That pretty much tells it. It's work ethic -- he has to work harder. |
Like I told the guys, that's a good basketball team. We hung in there, we kept fighting, but that is no consolation. We still have to learn how to get over the hump. |
Luckily, it wasn't his ribs. We'll just add that to his repertoire of injuries. He's going to Houston (for All-Star Weekend), I told him to have fun, but be careful, we need him healthy for the stretch run. |