I think they are just going through the growing pains of being one of the youngest teams in the league. I like how their team is built. |
I thought (McGrady) was doing that right before he was hurt, being very aggressive and assertive but more efficient, and getting Yao more shots so that we can shoot a percentage that can win in this league. |
I thought our basketball IQ at the end of the game, up 11, could have been a lot better. |
I thought our bench played substandard. We had a good start, and then our bench came in and gave up the lead. |
I thought Yao played a strong fourth quarter. We were having trouble scoring ourselves. |
I tried to talk to him, ... to tell him this was fate, that it didn't go through; should we think about moving on? |
I was only going to play him 28 minutes tonight. We were on target and then along came overtime. We wanted to get this win. |
I wish there was more to it — we just made more shots. It's not that complex, really. |
I'd be very surprised if they didn't win a game. |
I'd rather see a guy who has a lot of confidence than throw out that guy (who is) like a deer in headlights, ... I'm not really concerned with him right now. |
I'm not going to judge him for public consumption on that. I don't think that does anybody any good. |
I'm not surprised when (Yao) plays well. He is prepared every day. He works hard every day. He's one of the few guys who doesn't need outside motivation. He is without question the best regular-season center in basketball. |
If he says he feels good enough, I'll decide if I feel good enough about how he feels. |
If it was me, being chosen by the fans would not be nearly as significant as being chosen by the coaches. Now players may look at that differently, I don't know, but if I was a player ? because there are so many very good ones ? I really do believe being chosen by the coaches is a great honor. |
If we play great and bring an intangible package that you need, and we play well, then we'll be right in the game. Our respect level for (the Mavericks) is great, yet my respect level for my team is high. Knowing that if we do play really well that we'll be in the game, and if you're in the game you have a chance to win. |