He looks to help his teammates, ... He does that first. That's what we preach. You do that and you're going to open up things for yourself. He's a good fit. |
He struggled a little bit more than we would have liked, ... The important thing for him is to keep getting playing time so he can continue developing his basketball skills. He's shown some good things. He has great size. He runs well. We're going to keep working with him. |
He wants to win - that is his No. 1 priority. He is a leader for this team in a different way. He is not loud, verbal or demonstrative, but he leads by gutting it out and fighting for rebounds. He can score from the outside, in the paint and on runners. He has emerged as a major leader for us during this stretch of games. |
He was out there tonight with a bum knee playing defense and being the quarterback for us. His will to win is why the great ones are great. |
He's a professional. He probably made a slight mistake by going public before he had a conversation with the GM, but I've said all along he's been a professional on the floor at practice, in the locker room, on the planes, on busses. I never saw any real unhappiness or anything like that. |
He's a terrific player. He hurts you from the three. He hurts you from the post. We wanted to see if he could control the game one-on-one. He's very focused. He's a hell of a player, no doubt about it. |
He's been playing like that all of training camp, ... Hitting the offensive glass, getting put-backs; he's very aggressive. He stroked the ball today -- he's been getting better at shooting the basketball. He's made a heck of an impact on my mind about where he's at with our team. |
He's got a good feel now about seeing the floor and knowing where his teammates are. And he's got a lot more confidence in his teammates. He knows it's bad basketball to try to go one-on-three. |
He's had it going from outside ever since January. It looked like it was going in. I thought we fought hard and we gave ourselves a chance to win at the end, which is all you can ask for. |
He's kept working on it -- and he's still got a way to go, but it's coming. It's a work in process, but he's willing to work hard. |
He's OK. I have different ideas for that next year, so we'll see. Right now that's all I want to say on that. |
He's one of the best in the league at getting the last shot and creating a foul so it is always good to have it in his hands for the last shot. |
He's relentless. He's banging and banging. He never quits on a play. That's what we need, that presence, his personality. ... He's a guy that you follow, and you know you've got backup. |
His development is very, very apparent. |
How will he react? Will he be focused to lead this team the right way to as many victories as we can get? Will he sulk for three weeks? My belief is that he'll be a focused assassin -- a focused basketball player to get the job done and lead this team to a good playoff position. |