I hope that tonight is kind of the start of an attitude that we'll take here at home, especially at home, where we're not going to have close games or we're going to make sure that we're going to win a lot of games here at home. Because the road is treacherous. |
I know Chicago's got a lot riding on this game, but I've always taken the position that at the end of the season, it's not our responsibility to take care of other peoples' destiny. I've got to get my team ready for the playoffs. I've got to rest certain guys, I've got to get other guys time and at the same time, still make it a game. |
I know he had fun and he was a major part of this. But in order to get something good back, you have to give up something good going out. I wish him nothing but the best. |
I love to see when teams let him catch it and then double-team him. I know we're going to get all kinds of good shots. |
I never saw that in him. He's very competitive ... but I'm a little surprised it went that far. |
I paid my bill and I went up to the room and got a telephone call from the waitress. They're all pretty cheap guys to stiff a waitress. |
I put no credence into how we finished at all. |
I really have some concerns going into the playoffs about it. I voiced it and he listened. So we'll see what happens. |
I said that already before. Of course they (ESPN) made big deal of it. That's what they do. But it's the same thing I've told to my beat writers. |
I should have played him in New Jersey. I regret that. He could have helped on (Vince) Carter. |
I sort of had a tendency to forget about him because he was hurt for so long. |
I spent four days in New York with my family, with my mother, and during the process of being there also I was able to do some things. I was getting ready while I was up there. |
I think [Wade] could be a lockdown, shut-anybody-down defender if he chose to be. And we have to get him there, because he has the ability to change the game at one end of the court just as well as he can change it from an offensive standpoint. |
I think every team has a prodigal son, probably. What he's given to the city as much as what he's given to the team, the fans, has been extraordinary. |
I think going to him plays right into their hands. |