Matter of fact, I spoke to him today and he wanted me to write down what kind of makeup of the team we would like - what kind of guards, forwards and centers. |
Maybe I'm wrong, but if I look at the young guys, wouldn't you think they were kind of organized and had a feel for what was going on? |
Maybe if we'd have had some possessions that were a little better later, we wouldn't have had to play perfectly at the end. But I was thrilled with the way they competed, having young kids out on the floor late and making a comeback like that. It's just disappointing, but there were some positive things with our young kids. |
Maybe some of his decisions were a little misguided. |
Maybe some of Jamal's decisions were a little misguided, but I know he's trying to win the game so I'm OK with that. |
Maybe we are giving effort. Maybe we aren't good enough. |
Maybe when you play Miami, you need 36 fouls in the middle; I don't know, |
My biggest thing is these young kids need some experience on the perimeter. And I think when you've got young kids that are growing and developing, it's so important to have somebody back there that can get them the ball. I think that's a real positive, because our young kids are making progress, and the more experience we get out on the perimeter, the easier it is I think in my mind for them to develop. |
My father taught me how to shoot. |
My hope is that we keep trying to get better, ... We have to figure out ways to get better. We've been in every game and we haven't figured out how to win. |
My responsibility is to try to coach everybody and try to make everybody better. And when you find out that there's some that don't want to buy in, then you've really got to move on. |
My whole thing I ask him to do every night is to bring energy. His man played with unbelievable energy. I want him to play like Sammy. |
Nah, that had nothing to do with it. I'm not going to comment any further on it. I'm just happy he worked hard and, you know, he had a great practice today. Hopefully we'll build on that. |
Never asked anything of my players any different than I'm doing right now. Think about that. So the bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. If you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me. You owe it to your teammates to do that every single night if you care about the right things. |
Nobody can train you or make you aware what it's going to be like to coach in New York. |