He really shut down a lot of their penetration. I thought he was the reason we won the game. Hopefully, I can be saying that [tonight], Friday, Saturday. I'd like to mention his name on a more consistent basis. |
He understands what we're doing, |
He wanted to play a little bit more tonight, but I told him we're looking at the big picture. |
He was one of the first coaches that came in and started talking about winning a championship and winning it with defense and don't even make apologies about it. Don't blink. Don't even blink when you talk about it. That's the goal. Don't be ashamed about it, otherwise you're just selling tickets. |
He'd be in the danger area if he played today. It's not that bad, but we don't want it to get worse. |
He's a scoring point guard. I want him to make the right pass at the right time and lead. But we need 18 points, too. No pressure. We just need him to be what he was in the playoffs. |
He's a young David Robinson with a better jump shot. |
He's coast to coast, one of the quickest guards in the league. He causes havoc when he gets in the paint, and he's a pretty good passer. He's a one-man fast break, all by himself. |
He's definitely the best point guard in the history of the Spurs franchise. |
He's doing some light shooting, moving around better, a lot of pool work. He's looking good. It's just a matter of when we can get him back out on the practice court and him having the confidence to shift, cut, push off. He had a pretty bad sprain, but he's doing really well. He's ahead of schedule. |
He's giving us the big drives when we need them and the big assists. He draws a lot of attention. On nights when his offense is not there, we need him to be a ball mover. |
He's got to play more minutes and be more responsible. That's why it's team game. You can have a 10th man in the starting lineup. We have guys one through 12 that we feel good about putting in games. |
He's made some improvement, but we don't know how bad it is yet. We just know he's out (Sunday). |
He's not underrated in our book. He does a lot for us. And when you do things on a more consistent basis, you tend to catch people's attention. |
He's our guy who penetrates and gets to the basket. We definitely don't want any hesitancy there. The goal is to get him as healthy as we can for the playoffs. |