If I thought we were disorganized, I would have called time. Jamal just made a great play ... I'm happy for the team they can go home and relax and be energized. In that locker room, they needed something positive to happen. |
If it gets to a point where it's going where we can't win a game, well, I think the young kids are going to have to play more because, obviously, we're going to try to build something here and that's probably the direction we need to go. But we talk every day, and I don't think there are any differences in opinion in what we should do. |
If it was a big thing for him, I'm sure he would address that. |
If something happens and it improves our team, it happens. If something doesn't happen you've got to keep coaching and hope you coach them better. |
If the sheriff feels that it is appropriate then the city and county certainly would support going up there and finding something that may be more equitable. |
If there is a problem that's coming up, it's a forum where that kind of a problem can be addressed and worked through. |
If they play like this, we'll give ourselves a chance to win some games. I think that's all anybody in New York's asking, that's all Isiah wants and that's all I want. Just try to have some pride in the way we play. |
If you don't examine yourself after every game there is something wrong. I don't get too caught up when we win. I don't get too caught up when we lose. But I do try to evaluate where we're going. ... And then the thing that I never thought I'd see, I don't think we've matched our opponents' energy in a number of games. That's disturbing. |
If you don't really play hard, you have no chance. Can we be the kind of defensive team San Antonio or Detroit are? No. I don't think we have the personnel. Can we be a good defensive team? Yes. I really believe we've lacked the commitment in terms of effort and the toughness in terms of having a mind-set and a trust. |
If you look at every team, the guys that play are going to be happy and the guys that don't play are going to be unhappy, |
If you want to run, if your guards can rebound the ball that's one less pass you have to make on the break. |
If you were to apply this literally, you could have 1,800 residents (city's population) making individual allegations. That could gum up the works. |
If you're the best player, surely you're going to have some effect on the outcome of a game. And I've said this from Day 1: I've never given anybody in my career more free rein in my career. And I went to the conference finals (in Indiana) with Haywood Workman as a point guard. With Eric Snow, who was the fourth-string point guard in Seattle. He went to the NBA Finals (with Philadelphia). |
In the fourth quarter, we were phenomenal. It would've been a crime, as hard as our guys fought back, not to have anything positive to show for it. |
In the past when we blew a lead, there would have been a lot of guys putting their heads down. But the crowd didn't allow us to do that, and we hung on. |