Don Nelson
Don Nelson
Donald Arvid "Don" Nelsonis an American former NBA player and head coach. He coached the Milwaukee Bucks, the New York Knicks, the Dallas Mavericks, and the Golden State Warriors...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth15 May 1940
CityMuskegon, MI
CountryUnited States of America
american-coach aware came early game situations talked
I always came early an talked philosophies and game situations with Red. I don't even know if he was aware of what he was doing for me.
dime dreams gratifying help luckiest man people position someday tyler
Scotty, I couldn't take a dime from you. He said he was the luckiest man in the world. I'm in a position to help people. You don't know how gratifying it is to see somebody's dreams come true. I know a lot of people and I can help Tyler and I don't want a dime. He said someday I want him to give back the way I am.
bunch chance continuity defense definitely difficult guys maybe throw timing together
It's been difficult to get any continuity offensively. Our defense is definitely better. You can throw a bunch of new guys together and have a better chance to play defense collectively, maybe because of timing or whatever. But we don't know who we are offensively yet.
airport somewhere
The airport isn't in the way. It is an asset. Just consider: Could things go somewhere else.
great hard played proud stone team
I am proud of our team and their hard work. Stone played a great game. We were kind of fortunate,
few great hanging noticed pop seeing
It was great hanging with Pop and seeing how he does it. I noticed a few new wrinkles, some interesting things he does.
add beautiful great next pass player step
The next step to his being a great player is to add the pass to his beautiful game,
definitely kids several smaller
We've got several kids in that 5-6 to 5-9 range. We're definitely a lot smaller than we have been in the past.
michael
We wanted to say Michael was a superstar, but he really wasn't,
bobby crazy hurt jackson stretch
Turnovers down the stretch hurt us. Then Bobby Jackson went crazy on us.
persons
I'm the most unracist person around.
years nba guy
I spent 50 years in the NBA. Can you imagine doing something that you love the most in the entire world and doing it for your entire life and, besides that, getting a pile of money for it? It's unbelievable. I'm the luckiest guy in the world. And I know it.
cares losses michael player problem takes
The only problem for Michael Finley as a player is that he cares too much. He takes losses too hard.
finally football great love sports
There are so many great things about Seattle, but we love our sports here and that's pretty clear. And we've finally got a football team.