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
credit dangerous jersey needs playing team
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.
along consider difference guys money players saying seriously taking teach teams understand
You've got to have some vets, ... They're the ones who teach the young guys how to be professional. But you've got to have the right kind of vets, the guys who understand their roles. A lot of teams are saying they're just going to put big money players out there. We've said all along if that player will make a difference for our team we're going to have to seriously consider taking him.
detroit teams
Most teams have a go-to guy. Detroit has a go-to team.
consummate looking player team work
He had to really work for it tonight. He didn't really get anything in bundles. He had to really work for it, but being the consummate team player that he is, he was looking for his teammates.
teams
Most teams that you have, they have one or two go-to guys. They've got a go-to team.
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.
guess mentally
He's going to the battleship? Well, I guess he's getting mentally ready, huh?
alarm clock hung intensity match second shots stop until
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.
seen
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.
seem somebody somewhere stop
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.