We're supposed to be one of the top teams in the league. We've assembled some of the top talent in the league. This team needs to understand that when we come to another team's arena, that it is a big event. We came in here and the Hornets took it from us. |
We've asked him to do something else. |
We've got a couple of good games with this lineup. But what this lineup has yet to really prove to me is they haven't brought a whole lot of energy at the beginning of the game. I think that's a mental thing more than anything else. |
We've got a lot of guys in this league, if they took 70 shots, they'd score a lot of points. |
We've got to find a better way to get him the ball deep, and that's going to be my challenge. |
We've got to stop the penetration, that's key. We've got to keep our bodies in front of the ball better. |
What he does that's so impressive is he sees everybody. He's a lot like (Phoenix guard) Steve Nash. He's so unselfish. |
What I want are players who are versatile and do a lot of things, |
What people don't understand is, last year we had two great players, but you need more talent. You can never have enough talent. |
What we need is all in the head for us. When we are so inclined to really, really get after it as a team, we do. I have been around the game long enough, although I hate to admit it, but sometimes you get bored with all the little things you have to do - especially when you are a veteran team. The thing is that if you really want to be respected and you want to take the step to the next level, you can't do what you did the other night and then come out the next night and not be ready. |
What we've noticed a little bit about Chauncey and what Flip has done with this team, he has injected a sense of energy into his team early. Chauncey is no longer just a late-game (shooter). Throughout the course of the game, you've got to be very aware of him, and obviously at the end of the game you've got to deal with him and what's he doing. |
When a gifted team dedicates itself to unselfish trust and combines instinct with boldness and effort, its ready to climb. |
When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat. |
When a milestone is conquered, the subtle erosion called entitlement begins its consuming grind. The team regards its greatness as a trait and a right. Half hearted effort becomes habit and saps a champion. |
When he came to the Lakers, Bob McAdoo told me how much the game meant, how it changed everything, how it opened up the world for black kids in the South. I guess I never really thought of it that way, that we were such a big part of history. |