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
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We want to build a team that has ability to sustain itself, not just an ability to win a few more games right away. We've studied all the expansion teams. We're working under the idea that it's a marathon, not a sprint.
ludicrous raymond
That was ludicrous that he wasn't in that game. If you see Raymond play, there's no way he shouldn't have been on that team.
contested guys shots tough
They contested our shots, that's what they do. Some of their shots we contested and they made them. Those guys made some tough shots.
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He's going to the battleship? Well, I guess he's getting mentally ready, huh?
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The alarm clock didn't go off until the second half. We didn't match their intensity on defense. We got hung up in fool's gold. Some shots were going in but we didn't stop anybody.
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I think all the credit needs to go to New Jersey tonight. They're playing well, that's 14 in a row. They're a team that if they play like this, they're going to be very dangerous in the playoffs.
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This is getting ridiculous. I've never seen anything like this.
work
He had to really work for it tonight. He didn't get anything in bundles.
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If you stop one player, they go somewhere else. They seem to always know where to go, and somebody always delivers.
message nice start
The message is, we had a nice run, now let's start it again.
issue time
He doesn't want to take time off, I know. But I have to issue some kind of edict where he doesn't show up.
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Kevin is a big guard who can defend both positions on the perimeter, ... We liked the effort he put forth during summer league play and wanted to take a second look at him.
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I understand the historical significance of this. This building is terrific. ... You know what I'm pleased about? When the guys walk through the building they see things that please them. They're happy they have something that belongs to them.