(The game) had a playoff-type defense to it. We did not pass the ball well enough to win. Ever since I came to Denver, I've been preaching the pass. . . . We didn't play very together basketball. |
(The rumors are) so absurd. I think Kenyon knows we'll be honest with him. We answer phone calls when people talk to us about people. We're not going to not talk about that. It's our job to try to pursue and get better . . . We have some good foundation pieces. We just need to get healthy. |
(The Wizards) made their shots and we didn't cover anyone tonight. I'm tired of excuses. I am not proud of the effort we gave tonight on both sides of the court. We needed to play a complete game and it just didn't happen tonight. |
A great player made a great shot. Our guys played great. They played hard but we got hurt on rebounds. |
A little bit of both: resting them (and) earn your time on the court by playing defense and playing hard. |
A lot of times, I hate to say this, I've realized in time that there's lots of times coaches have to go, and there are times in basketball that players need to be moved. |
All I know at halftime is he told us he couldn't go. |
All those negatives I said a couple of nights ago, make them positives now. |
All we're doing is (taking) a special month to making it really special. We should win a couple more (of the four remaining) games before this month is out. I'd be disappointed if we didn't. |
And it wasn't necessarily because they were bigger. I just think, sometimes our rebounding habits we rely so much on Marcus that we forget about doing our responsibilities. It's usually better to watch film than make that criticism, but I thought there were some balls that bounced on the ground. |
Andre is our motor. I feel naked when he's not on the floor. |
Andre, to me, is our guy. He makes us go. When he plays his 'A' game, we're a very tough team to beat. Andre has shown me he's a big-time point guard in this league. Can we do better than that or change it where we can be better, I don't know. But I think Andre can be part of the equation no matter what happens. |
Anybody that knows basketball knows Melo has got to develop the other aspects of his game. |
Anybody that knows basketball knows that Melo has got to develop the other aspects of his game. He's had (17) consecutive games where he hasn't had more than five rebounds. You can't do that. |
As I said all summer long, we were a pretty good team (last season). The best thing to do might be to add a training camp. Not add a player, add a training camp. Sometimes that's all you need. We just need to sustain the special second half that we had last year. We don't need to upgrade. |