The main thing was that they got down there and really accepted that move and really tried to use that to their advantage as opposed to being there and complaining. They've been pretty positive. |
The other night, I could see he was bothered in the game by the play of some of the guys, and he bit his tongue. |
The thing is you have a job to do. And when you're asked to go into a game, you've got to go, regardless of the situation, the score. |
There are times when some players want a bigger role, and it bothers them that they don't get it. He has to accept that the ball is going to Ray Allen and Lewis most of the time. |
There were some words. Ruben said some things that he shouldn't have. . . . I think that he understands why he was suspended. |
There's so much we need to teach and learn. |
There's some teams that, they have backups that have experience that they can overcome injuries. But we're not built that way yet. |
They are in different roles than last year, and sometimes it takes you more than a year or two to figure out exactly what you need to do -- especially when you are the core of the organization. And that takes a serious commitment and a lot sacrifice to be that type of players that are carrying a franchise. |
They are well aware that they can't carry firearms on the plane. That is something bigger than the organization. The league is involved in that. ... Whenever you are doing something with the NBA, you can't carry any type of weapons, whether they are guns or knives or anything else when you are doing business with the NBA. |
They have strong starting units, and they're deep teams. If you're picking two teams to come out of the West and East, definitely a lot of people would pick San Antonio, and I think it would be split between Miami and Detroit. |
They haven't contacted me, and that's not something that I would do right now. |
They just totally dominated us. That game was over midway through the second quarter. A dunk-fest. We were not physical at all in that game. I just thought we looked intimidated. |
They just wanted this game more than we did. Chicago looked better than we did and just controlled the game from the start. |
They started to hit us with the pick-and-roll and the trap, and then they spread us out with their shooters. I thought we could win this game, but it's not a 36-minute game -- it's a 48-minute game. |
They totally dominated the boards the entire game (48-30 overall). Rebounds are what we talked about with this team. You know when you give them second opportunities, you've got to limit this team to one shot and they had 20 second-chance points. |