Bernie Bickerstaff
Bernie Bickerstaff
Bernard Tyrone "Bernie" Bickerstaffis an American basketball coach. He previously worked as the head coach for the NBA's Seattle SuperSonics, Denver Nuggets, Washington Bullets/Wizards, Charlotte Bobcats, and Los Angeles Lakers. He has also been an assistant for the Portland Trail Blazers, Chicago Bulls, Los Angeles Lakers, and Cleveland Cavaliers. He has served in numerous other NBA front office positions, and has been a consultant for the Harlem Globetrotters...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth11 February 1944
concerned fear necessary
That's my fear. I don't know what to expect. I'm concerned about the necessary distractions.
detroit teams
Most teams have a go-to guy. Detroit has a go-to team.
affected lift quickness
He had no lift and his quickness was affected on post-up stuff.
guys negative taken
They say the X-rays are negative. But every ... X-ray we've taken has been negative and all the guys have been out.
basketball game good last late
The last two games, the one in Detroit, late in that game and this game is really the most competitive that we've been with a very, very good basketball team.
ability locker phil room
Phil has that ability (to judge). He was in our locker room ? at our games.
basketball detroit good guys lay lose proud
It's not an embarrassment to lose to Detroit that way. They are a very good basketball team. But I told my guys that I would go in a foxhole with them any day. They never lay down, and I'm very proud of them.
good
I can't divulge that. My credibility's on the line. There's a good possibility they made the right decision.
ball contend difficult fun great league move saw
He's very, very difficult to handle. They got him the ball in the right situations. It was a fun game. You saw some great athletes, young athletes, that the league is going to have to contend with as we move forward.
basketball difference worthy
If there's something worthy and makes a difference in your basketball team, you have to have the flexibility to do it. That's where we are.
basketball concern guys hard played taking win
I thought our guys played hard and played terrific. They did everything that they could to win the basketball game. The one concern I have is with Gerald and Raymond, is that I don't want them to get discouraged. I want them to keep taking that basketball to the hole, but they get discouraged when they don't get rewarded.
ball beat kicked men
They beat us where the men play: down on the boards. They kicked our butts where the men play. They wanted the ball more than we did.
ball impossible limit myriad obviously rebounds ways
It's impossible to limit him. He can go get the ball with rebounds and there is just a myriad of ways for him to get possessions and obviously they put the ball in his hands.
anyone basketball difference ends free game gets indictment line opportunity ourselves shot
Everything in this basketball game was pretty much even, but they shot 33-of-39 (from the line). Everything else was pretty much even. It gets down to the free-throw line and making the free throws. The opportunity was there. That's no indictment on anyone but ourselves for not making free throws. It ends up really being the difference in your basketball game.