I'd say that 37 points, nine assists and one turnover make a pretty good statement for the All-Star game. He felt good tonight, and when he feels that good, we're just going to let him go. |
I'm not going to let it go. I can only judge by what I see. There are things we have to clean up on Friday. And we'll work to address those things. |
I'm pretty comfortable right now. There're still a lot of things that can happen. You always continue to look and see what's available, and I think you wait. There will be things that shake out here in the next few days, I'm sure. |
I'm sure they will want to get a win and split the season series. We'll want to be competitive, and stay sharp. |
I've always said that if we have the success that we've had as a team, then that style, whatever it is, will filter on down into the grass roots. I think people will see that by playing as a team and having success, you can get individual glory. |
I've always said that to win on the road you have to defend, you have to not beat yourselves and you have to not turn the ball over. |
I've been here for five months, and this team still amazes me with its poise. |
I've been impressed with him since Day One. At times, when I don't play him, I always go home at night, sit and watch the film and try to find ways why I didn't play him. |
I've been in situations where I've taken bad teams and moved them in the right direction. In those situations, there is no pressure. Would it have been easy for me to take another job and not have as much (pressure)? Pressure is what you put on yourself. I don't really feel any pressure walking into a situation. |
If he didn't get hurt, he might have been the favorite to win Most Improved Player. |
If he does, we're going to play zone. And we'll see if those guys can shoot from 23 feet. (Johnson) might do it, but we have a few things up our sleeve. |
If we don't win the title, no one will remember that we were 35-5. |
If we weren't 33-5 and doing as well as we are, you'd go in thinking, 'Boy, this is a big game to try and show them they made a mistake or whatever. Just where we're at, record-wise, you don't have to worry about that. For us, it's another game. |
If you give Rip (Hamilton) shots and he's in rhythm, he'll often make those shots. |
If you took a team from the West and made it play in the East on a nightly basis, they would find out how tough it is. It's such a grind. The East is tougher mentally. It's a grind night in and night out. . . . Trust me. The East is not as bad as they make it out to be. |