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
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.
agree appreciation easy guys hard help level people skill stigma takes teams
Well, it's important and what it does is help our players. That there's an appreciation for what we do. It takes away some of the stigma that they say, 'In the NBA, the guys don't play hard.' I don't agree with that. Teams play hard in this league. You get out there and try to play 82 games. I just think these guys make it look so easy because of their skill level that people think they're just going through the motions.
anybody basketball feels guys locker mistake pick possession secure worse
We had it, we just didn't secure it. We had a possession there, all we had to do was pick the basketball up. It was a mistake of commission. They (Milwaukee) went and got it and I don't think anybody feels any worse than the guys in that locker room.
ball bounce call few good guys last looks shoot took
We had two good looks in the last few seconds. You had guys who shoot the ball from the outside, and shoot it well, that took the shots. Call it the bounce of the basketball.
decisions giving guys opportunity room stepping
The 11 guys in that room are giving it everything they've got and their decisions are good. And guys who have not had an opportunity before are stepping up and performing.
ghosts great guys perform quality remind special stage
When you play here in the Garden, it always has that special quality to it. The ghosts are still here. We try to remind the young guys that this is a great stage to perform on.
basketball common defensive giving guys hit indication mental minutes played team wall
We've hit the wall as a team. Our guys have played a lot of minutes and were having mental lapses, and the common things we just didn't get done. It was an indication of a basketball team that has hit the wall. We were giving it up on the defensive end and we were really lacking.
good guys home loose mental mistakes paid playing ran steam third tired
We made mistakes and paid for them in the third quarter. We had our opportunities and we just didn't get to the loose balls. Guys get tired and when they do, they make mental mistakes. We just ran out of steam playing a good team on their home floor.
ball guys three
Those three guys are pretty good. When you've got three guys who can score, you can put the ball in their hands.
finished guys hard
We finished this one. We made it hard though. I told the guys that they are kind of hard on their coaches.
commitment competition consistent earned effort guys maintain next starting status throughout
Brevin has earned the starting spot. But guys have to maintain that status with commitment to effort and with consistent effort. We think we'll have that kind of competition throughout the lineup next season.
benefits call difficulty evolve guys obviously sitting tough watch wondering
Obviously it's always very difficult. It has its benefits because we watch guys evolve and they get an opportunity. But where the difficulty comes in is all the things you've implemented you can't do, especially offensively. That's the tough part when you're sitting there and you're wondering what to call and how to call it. That's the challenge.
ball effort guys minutes nine proud time winning
Obviously, if you've only got nine or 10 guys that play a lot of minutes over two nights, you're not able to rotate the ball as well to your shooters. When it was winning time we didn't get it done, but I'm proud of their effort tonight.
consensus east guys high nba ncaa past players ranked school seen six top tournament
Peoria, Connecticut, Atlanta, ... I've got the Big East tournament on Thursday, the ACC on Friday, the SEC on Saturday. Then we've got the NCAA tournament. We've had guys out for the past six months. We've seen all the consensus top high school guys. We've been to Europe. We've ranked all the NBA players from all 29 teams. We've got guys everywhere.