It'll come down to what he does on the floor, convincing us he has the will to really want it, ... I'm not saying he doesn't (have that will), but I'm really watching. I want to know if Bernard is ready to go the extra mile. |
It's completely up to the doctors, ... I talked with him early this morning and he's just very sore. |
It's disappointing. But we've got to find a way to move on. |
It's impossible to limit him. He can go get the ball with rebounds and there is just a myriad of ways for him to get possessions and obviously they put the ball in his hands. |
It's not an embarrassment to lose to Detroit that way. They are a very good basketball team. But I told my guys that I would go in a foxhole with them any day. They never lay down, and I'm very proud of them. |
It's not going to do anything to them statistically for either one of them. They are who they are at this point. They have nothing to prove. |
It's the medical people that are putting a hold on him. |
Keith has played well for us this season whenever he?s been called upon, and we will miss him during his injury. |
Kevin is a big guard who can defend both positions on the perimeter, ... We liked the effort he put forth during summer league play and wanted to take a second look at him. |
Most teams have a go-to guy. Detroit has a go-to team. |
Most teams that you have, they have one or two go-to guys. They've got a go-to team. |
My hat's off to Keith. He really played well for us tonight. My conversations to Keith have been to be patient and to be a good teammate. |
Obviously it's always very difficult. It has its benefits because we watch guys evolve and they get an opportunity. But where the difficulty comes in is all the things you've implemented you can't do, especially offensively. That's the tough part when you're sitting there and you're wondering what to call and how to call it. That's the challenge. |
Obviously, if you've only got nine or 10 guys that play a lot of minutes over two nights, you're not able to rotate the ball as well to your shooters. When it was winning time we didn't get it done, but I'm proud of their effort tonight. |
Our guys did everything they could to win the basketball game. Our guys played hard. They were terrific. ... I don't want them to get discouraged. |